A late-night traffic stop on a Roxbury street turned into a weapons bust when Boston Police collared a man with a loaded gun, a taser, and an assortment of drugs. The arrest took place after officers from District B-2 pulled over a Toyota Camry with "excessively dark tinted windows" and an expired inspection sticker near 146 Stanwood St. around 12:30 AM earlier today, law enforcement authorities reported.
Police said as the driver, later identified as Victor Lewis, 37, of Dorchester, stepped out of his vehicle, a knife tumbled from his waistband which led to a more thorough search; this investigation turned up a loaded Glock 42 with an "obliterated serial number" in a fanny pack, along with a high-voltage taser and drugs.
The Boston Police Department's official website listed the charges facing Lewis including Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number, Possession of Class A and D Drugs, Possession of an Electric Stun Gun, and various auto infractions.
Lewis is slated to face the music at Roxbury District Court where the multiple charges will be formally read; an incident like this not only highlighting the routine risks law enforcers encounter in traffic stops but also the persistence of unlawful weapons circulation in urban communities, even in the face of stringent gun law enforcement.
