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Chicopee police spotted the car on Chicopee Street Sunday, May 7, and noticed it didn't have a front license plate or working driver-side brake light, authorities said. They pulled the vehicle over on Grattan Street a few minutes later.
Officers said the driver — a 35-year-old Easthampton man — didn't have a license, and the two passengers weren't wearing their seatbelts. Police arrested the three men and searched the car, where they found several bags of what appeared to be marijuana and a pistol under the passenger seat, authorities said. It had been reported stolen out of Raleigh, NC, in 2020.
Turon Bowens, the driver, was charged with:
- Possess to distribute Class D drug
- Receiving stolen property
- Possession of ammunition without an FID (Subsequent offense)
- Improper storage of a firearm
- Firearm Violation with three prior violent/drug crimes
- Possess large-capacity firearm
- Carrying a firearm without a license (Second offense)
- Several traffic violations
Jotsan Rosado, a 35-year-old from Springfield, was charged with:
- Refuse to identify self
- Receiving stolen property
- Possession of ammunition without an FID (Subsequent offense)
- Improper storage of a firearm
- Firearm Violation with three prior violent/drug crimes
- Possess large-capacity firearm
- Carrying a firearm without a license (Second offense)
- Possess to distribute Class D drug
Fatiah Garland, a 33-year-old from Springfield, was charged with:
- Refuse to identify self
- Receiving stolen property
- Possession of ammunition without an FID (Subsequent offense)
- Improper storage of a firearm
- Firearm Violation with three prior violent/drug crimes
- Possess large-capacity firearm
- Carrying a firearm without a license (Second offense)
- Possess to distribute Class D drug
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