SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A man smoking marijuana in the parking lot outside his apartment was arrested after police found him with a loaded handgun, police say.

Syracuse police officers Don Patti and Brendan Cope were on patrol together around 6:40 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Dablon Court. They spotted a man smoking when they thought was marijuana in the parking lot and approached him, police Sgt. Gary Bulinski said in a news release.

When they came closer, the officers confirmed it was marijuana and arrested Craig Corriders, 26, of 139 Dablon Court.

The officers then found a loaded .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun in Corriders' possession, Bulinski said.

For the gun, Corriders was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm, both felonies. For the marijuana, he was charged with misdemeanor fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

He was held overnight in the Onondaga County Justice Center and will be arraigned today in City Court.

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