BATAVIA, NY — State police say they seized a gun and drugs from a Batavia man during a traffic stop Monday.

Officers received a call asking them to check on a man who had crashed behind the wheel of his car on Lewiston Road in Batavia. At the scene, troopers say Jefferson Butler was drunk and they found methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a Ruger AR-15 style rifle in his possession.

Butler is charged with DWI, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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