GUILDERLAND — A routine traffic stop led police to a discover a stolen car and a bag of stolen jewels.
Guilderland Police stopped a vehicle on Sept. 15 driven by Sean E. Curtis, 21, also known as "Scooby," on Western Avenue, because Curtis "appeared to be intoxicated," the arrest report says.

Inside of Curtis’s vehicle were four other passengers.

Upon investigation, it was discovered that the vehicle he was driving had been reported stolen out of the city of Watervliet on Sept. 2, according to First-Sergeant Emanual Shulman of the Guilderland Police.

When interviewed, Curtis, of 1301 Fourth St., Schenectady, showed signs of intoxication and was given a field-sobriety test, which he failed, according to the arrest report.

His passengers were Whitney M. Lewis, 21, of 120 Prospect St., Schenectady; Jackie Diamond, 18, of 450 Maybe Ln., Schenectady; Richard J. Whiting, 18, of 812 Eastern Ave., Schenectady; and Kiley J. Morlang, 19, of 91 Keller Ave., Rotterdam.

Shulman said that officers discovered a blue velvet pouch in the car with over a $1,000 worth of stolen jewelry. The jewels were reported stolen from a Rotterdam home the day before.

The jewelry was reported stolen by a friend of one of the women inside of the car, Schulman told The Enterprise.

Curtis was transported back to the Guilderland Police station where a chemical test revealed a blood-alcohol content of .06 percent, the report says. The cut-off point for driving while intoxicated is .08 percent.

Curtis has been charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, both felonies, as well as driving while ability impaired by alcohol, an infraction. Curtis was arraigned in Guilderland Town Court and remanded to Albany County’s jail.

Lewis, Diamond, Whiting, and Morlang were all charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, with a value greater than $1,000, a felony.