Bloods street gang member's funeral leads to arrest

Arrested for allegedly carrying a concealed 9-mm handgun to a Bloods street gang member's funeral in Roosevelt is due in court Tuesday on a weapons charge, court records show.In the Friday arrest of Darnell Snell, 25, undercover police detectives at the funeral noticed that Snell kept adjusting an object in his waistband -- an object that looked like a handgun, police said.The detectives closed in on Snell, of 93 North 17th St., Wyandanch, and arrested him on a weapons possession charge after they found a loaded 9-mm handgun in his waistband, police said.
Snell was arraigned in First District Court, Hempstead, on Saturday before Judge Rhonda Fischer, who set bail at $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash. As of Monday, Snell had not posted bail, court records showed.The Friday arrest came after Nassau police sent undercover Bureau of Special Operations officers to the area of St. Francis and Frederick avenues for an intensive patrol during the Bloods gang member's funeral.
One of the officers saw Snell "adjusting what appeared to be a handgun in his waistband. After seeing the defendant adjust his waistband a second time," officers moved in and arrested Snell without incident, a police report said