(UPDATE) Court records indicate charges were dropped.
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A man is in custody after a routine traffic stop revealed he was wanted and in possession of a loaded gun.
University of Illinois Police officers pulled over Javario Gill, 24, on Florida/Kirby Avenue Wednesday night for driving 15 miles per hour over the speed limit. During the stop, officers discovered that Gill was wanted on two outstanding warrants: one for property damage and one for failing to show up in court to answer charges related to animal cruelty.
Upon being arrested, Gill told officers there was a gun in the car, which they found in the driver’s side door. It is illegal under state law to transport a loaded gun that is readily accessible to vehicle occupants.
Gill was arrested on the warrants and for aggravated unlawful use of a firearm. He was taken to the Champaign County Jail.