Office of the District Attorney
P. David Soares
Albany County Judicial Building
Albany, New York 12207
(518) 487-5460
(518) 487-5093 FAX

ALBANY COUNTY HAS HAD

OF

KEVIN TURNER

SUNY Albany Student Pleads Guilty to Gun Possession

ALBANY, NY - District Attorney P. David Soares today announced that KEVIN TURNER, 20, a SUNY Albany student from Smyrna, DE, pled guilty to (1) count of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, a Class “D” Violent Felony, in front of the Honorable Thomas Breslin.

On September 22, 2008 at 1:16 A.M. in the area of Central Avenue and Everett Road in the City of Albany, a New York State Trooper stopped a vehicle for an illegal u-turn. While speaking to the driver, the Trooper observed a .380 caliber handgun, which was later determined to be loaded with seven live rounds.

TURNER faces 2 years in prison and 3 years post release supervision when sentenced in June 2009.

Street Crimes Bureau Chief Francisco Calderon handled the prosecution of the case.

For further information, please contact Heather Streeter Orth.

If you have information about an illegal handgun in Albany County, please call the ENOUGH Hotline at
765-3668.

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For further information contact: Heather Streeter Orth