By: Laura Soukkavong –
Dorchester – A 17-year-old from Roxbury was arrested early Saturday, Oct. 31, after Boston Police said they found a loaded handgun beneath the driver’s sea during a traffic stop in Dorchester. The teen was a passenger in the rear seat behind the driver.
According to police, District B-2 officers were patrolling near Columbia Road around 1:42 a.m. when they was a vehicle traveling without headlights. They stopped it near 123 Hancock Street. The driver couldn’t produce identification, but officers confirmed his identify.
As additional officers arrived, police asked the front passenger’s seat. The driver got out on his own, and officers found a knife in his back pocket, police said.
After all, four occupants were out of the vehicle, officers found a Glock 43 handgun under the driver’s seat. Police said it helps seven rounds and had a flashlight attached. Officers detained all four occupants while they investigated, then arrested the teen. The driver received a traffic citation, and the other two passengers were released at the scene.
Police said the teen was expected to appear in Dorchester District court on juvenile charges of carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a firearm without a license and possessing ammunition without a firearm identification card.
All charges are alleged and both juveniles are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.