Evanston police say a car driving through a stop sign near downtown led to the arrest of a passenger on gun charges.
Cmdr. Ryan Glew says an officer on patrol near Lake Street and Maple Avenue about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday saw a white GMC SUV fail to stop for a stop sign.
The officer stopped the car in the 1000 block of Grove Street and learned that the driver had a revoked driver’s license and no proof of insurance.
Glew says the driver was arrested and the passenger, 19-year-old Ptolemy Martinez who lives in the 1000 block of Grove, was asked to step out of the vehicle.
Glew says an officer assisting on the traffic stop found a partially unzipped green bag in the front seat passenger area that contained a loaded Taurus 9mm handgun.
Martinez admitted that the bag was his, Glew says, and that he didn’t have a firearms owner identification card or a concealed carry license.
He’s now been charged with two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and a misdemeanor for possession of a handgun without a FOID card.
He’s been released on a $15,000D bond and is to appear in court in Skokie on June 21.