PEORIA, Ill. – A traffic stop led to a Peoria man being arrested on several felony weapons charges — only one of which is actually being filed.
Peoria Police say officers conducted the stop just after midnight Friday morning near Lincoln and Louisa Streets, and initially discovered an open bottle of alcohol in the back of the car while talking to Tyrin Farmer, 29.
A search of the car allegedly also turned up a loaded handgun with an extended magazine under the driver’s seat.
Farmer was taken to the Peoria County Jail on a host of charges, but jail records indicate prosecutors only filed a count of Possession of a Weapon by a Felon.
Farmer was released after posting bond.
