Ware man faces gun and drug charges after reports of a crash in West Springfield

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A Ware man was arrested in West Springfield after multiple reports of a vehicle involved in a crash on Thursday.

According to the West Springfield Police Department, officers located the vehicle, allegedly involved in a crash, in the parking lot of a business on Park Street near the North End Bridge. When officers approached the suspect, identified as 19-year-old Jaivon Amir Clark , he was acting erratically while moving items around inside the vehicle.

Officers noticed the car had significant front-end damage however, when questioning Clark, he continued to act erratically and was attempting to reach for a backpack in the backseat. He was arrested after officers removed him from the car and a live 9mm round was located in his front pants pocket.

Inside the backpack, police seized a “Polymer 80 Inc.” 9mm handgun, with a 9mm round chambered and a fully loaded 17-round magazine in the firearm, a box of 9mm ammunition with 34 rounds remaining in the box, an unlabeled prescription bottle containing 17 Oxycodone Pills, and 7-sealed packages of marijuana.

Jaivon Amir Clark was charged with the following:

• Carrying a Firearm w/o a License
• Improper Storage of a Firearm
• Possession of a Large Capacity Firearm
• Possession Large Capacity Feeding Device
• Possession of Ammunition w/o a FID Card
• Possession of a Firearm w/ Defaced Ser. Number while in Commission of a Felony
• Large Capacity Firearm in a Vehicle
• Possession of a Class B Drug (Oxycodone)
• Possession of a Class D Drug (marijuana)

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