Crime & Safety
Drunken CPL Holder Arrested for Having Loaded Gun in Dearborn
The man immediately told police about his loaded gun and CPL, but was arrested for possessing the weapon while intoxicated.
A man with a Concealed Pistol License was arrested in Dearborn Dec. 14 for possession of a loaded 9mm handgun while intoxicated.
He was a back-seat passenger in a 2004 black Chevrolet Impala that was pulled over around midnight on southbound Greenfield Road near Blesser, for a cracked windshield and because the front-seat passenger wasn’t wearing his seat belt.
The man, 30, immediately told police that he had a gun on him and that he was a CPL holder. Police confiscated the weapon, which was loaded, and gave him a breathalyzer test after smelling alcohol on him and seeing that he was uneasy on his feet. His blood-alcohol level was 0.19 percent.
Police also smelled a strong marijuana odor coming from the car, according to the police report. The driver claimed that his brother used the car earlier to smoke the drug, and a search of the vehicle turned up no contraband.
The driver was ticketed for defective equipment and for not having a valid license. Police allowed the front-seat passenger -who had a valid license- to drive the car, the report said.
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