The Mayor of Rochester, New York, together with her estranged husband, have both been slammed with various weapons charges following a raid of their home in May.
Lovely Warren and Timothy Granison were both charged with criminal possession of a firearm, two counts of Endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of failure to secure firearms in a home.
Mayor Warren has said she intends to plead not guilty to the charges.
New York State Police searched the mayor's home in Woodman Park together with a number of other properties following an investigation into an alleged drug operation in Rochester lasting several months.
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and her estranged husband, Timothy Granison are facing various weapons charges
Mayor Lovely Warren posted this Facebook message shortly after being charged with various weapons offenses on Friday
During that investigation, Granison together with seven others were charged in connection with the investigation, although the mayor was not among those charged.
But prosecutors say a search of the Woodman Park home revealed a rifle and a handgun. The couple's 10-year-old child was allegedly left home alone at the time.
After being presented to the grand jury, the charges were revealed on Friday.
Granison together with several others were arrested after what investigators said was a 'significant' mid-level drug operation.
The search of the mayor's home revealed a rifle and a handgun. The couple's 10-year-old daughter, pictured here, was allegedly left home alone at the time of the search
The Democrat's Rochester home (pictured) was raided in May while the couple's daughter was at home on her own
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is pictured with estranged husband Timothy Granison and their daughter in a 2013 Facebook photo
Investigators allege Granison was pulled over and had a 'large quantity of cocaine'.
Homes were then searched following the issuing of search warrants. The properties included the mayor's home.
More than two kilos of powdered and crack cocaine with a street value of around $60,000 were seized from the homes together with three firearms and one semi-automatic rifle.
One of the unregistered guns together with the rifle were
