Police: Man arrested with stolen handgun after being involved in fight

Posted on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 : 12:25 p.m.

A 20-year-old Ypsilanti Township man suspected of being involved in a fight Thursday evening was arrested and accused of possessing a stolen handgun.

Ypsilanti police reported officers were dispatched at 8:30 p.m. Thursday to the 800 block of Green Road after a fight was reported, with at least one man being in possession of a handgun. A black Chevrolet matching the description of the suspect vehicle was stopped near the area, police said.

Two men were inside the Chevy and a loaded handgun was found on the floor of the vehicle, and police discovered it had been reported stolen to another police agency. The 20-year-old man was determined to be the person in possession of the gun and was lodged at the Washtenaw County Jail, where he is awaiting arraignment, police said.

The victims of the fight were not located and no one reported being assaulted with the handgun, police said.


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Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.

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