Round Lake Park, Ill., police say that a man who was apprehended early Sunday on charges of possession of a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun told them that he acquired the gun through social media, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Osvaldo Colon 21, faces charges including aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of cannabis after being pulled over by Round Lake Park Police around 1 a.m. Sunday.
According to Police Chief George Filenko, the police officer conducting the stop smelled marijuana coming from Colon’s vehicle, and Colon told the officer that in his glove box was a loaded .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun, which, he told police, was recently bought through a social media site, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Colon was arrested and ordered held on $50,000 bail. The police are now working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to see if the weapon was used in any unsolved crimes, the site notes.
Read more at the Chicago Tribune.
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