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The stop took place around 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 18, when Springfield Police Narcotics detectives working on an unrelated investigation in the East Forest Park area when they spotted Milan Brown, of Springfield, with a clearly visible large capacity style magazine of a firearm protruding from his waistband, said the Springfield Police.
Detectives conducted surveillance when Brown and two other individuals, Luke McKinnie and Laquan Caldwell left the area in a car together.
Due to the firearm, detectives alerted other officers working a city wide hot spot detail that they were going to conduct a traffic stop.
Shortly after 7 p.m., detectives and officers conducted a traffic stop in the area of Boston Road and Breckwood Boulevard.
Detectives detained Brown from the back seat and removed the firearm from his waist. This firearm was a Ghost Gun loaded with 25 rounds of ammunition, police said.
Detectives also secured McKinnie and Caldwell. A search of the vehicle turned up another firearm under McKinnie’s seat. This firearm was loaded with 14 rounds of ammunition, police said.
McKinnie is currently out on bail from a June 2020 arrest where he was charged with possessing a firearm with a laser attachment and a 31 round magazine.
Detectives then located a small bag of cocaine and 14 rocks of crack cocaine in the driver’s door side handle and another loaded firearm with 16 rounds of ammunition. Caldwell, the driver was then arrested.
Brown was charged with:
- Carrying a firearm without a license
- Carrying a loaded large-capacity firearm on a public way
McKinnie, age 19, also of Springfield was charged with:
- Carrying a firearm without a license
- Carrying a loaded large-capacity firearm on a public way
Caldwell, age 23, of Springfield was charged with:
- Carrying a firearm without a license
- Carrying a loaded large-capacity firearm on a public way
- Possession of a large capacity firearm during the commission of a felony
- Possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine
- Possession with the intent to distribute cocaine
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