AFTER being pulled over for speeding on Mai Mai Road on Wednesday, a 59-year-old man was arrested after police found suspected drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a pistol not registered to his name.
Peter Joseph Raphael was arrested and charged in the Superior Court of Guam. Two police officers conducted a traffic stop on Raphael, who was driving a black 2006 Scion on Wednesday. According to court documents, one police officer observed a “black color leather-type bag.”
When police conducted a search of his vehicle, they discovered the firearm – a Smith & Wesson model 5906 9mm pistol – loaded with live rounds in the magazine and “mini Ziploc-type baggies containing suspected crystal methamphetamines, other illegal drug paraphernalia” and currency, court documents stated.
Raphael was charged yesterday in Superior Court with possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card and possession of a concealed firearm, both as third degree felonies. It is unclear in court documents as to why he was not charged with alleged drug possession.
Man charged with illegal gun possession
- Friday, 10 Aug 2012 03:30am
- BY GERALDINE CASTILLO | VARIETY NEWS STAFF
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