Two Glen Cove brothers arrested for gun possession

Within a 24-hour period, two brothers from Glen Cove were arrested and charged with gun possession.

On August 27, Ira Hall, 29, was arrested in the parking lot of Taco Bell in Glen Cove. During a surveillance, detectives Eddy Linares and Brian Glennon observed Hall conducting a drug transaction in the parking lot. While arresting Hall, the police found him to be in possession of a loaded revolver and cocaine. Hall was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon third degree and criminal possession of a firearm. He was arraigned on August 28 and is being held on $50,000 cash bail.

On the afternoon of August 28, the GCPD and officers from the DEA task force executed a search warrant at Hall’s home in Glen Cove. During the search a semi-automatic handgun was found. Police arrested Richard Hall, 31, and charged him with possession of the handgun. He will be arraigned in District Court in Hempstead.

“The Glen Cove Police Department is committed to seeking out illegal weapons and identifying and arresting drug dealers who decide to sell their poison within our city,” said Glen Cove Detective Lieutenant John Nagle. “Any time we are able to remove an illegal gun off the streets or to take a drug dealers operation down it’s a win for the community.”