TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y. (WENY) -- On Saturday, August 31st Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 27-year-old Emmitt Houston of Ithaca after pulling him over in Dryden and allegedly finding an illegal AR-15 rifle, shotgun and narcotics in his vehicle. As a result, Houston has been charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Police say Houston was pulled over on for driving a black pick-up truck with a suspended registration. While speaking with Houston, police say they saw the rifle in the back seat. After a search, police say they found an illegal AR-15 rifle, an illegal short barrel shotgun, a high capacity magazine and drugs. 

Houston was arraigned and since been released.