Albany drug raid on Clinton Avenue leads to 4 arrests, gun found

Albany drug raid on Clinton Avenue leads to 4 arrests, gun found By WNYT ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — Four Albany residents were arrested after police recovered a loaded handgun and several drugs during an ongoing narcotics investigation. Albany Police said members of the department’s Community Response Unit, with help from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, searched a home near Clinton Avenue and Quail Street on Nov. 10. Police said officers recovered a loaded .45 caliber handgun, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl from inside the residence. Tyrone E. Guthrie, 50, was charged with four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia. Guthrie was arraigned Wednesday morning in Albany City Criminal Court and sent to the Albany County Jail. Willie McDuffie Jr., 67, was charged with one count of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. McDuffie was arraigned Wednesday morning in Albany City Criminal Court and released on his own recognizance. A girl, 17, and a boy, 16, were each charged with one count of criminal possession of a firearm. They were given appearance tickets, released to guardians and are scheduled to appear in Albany County Family Court at a later date.