Convicted Felon Arrested On Gun Charges After Traffic Stop: West Haven PD

WEST HAVEN, CT — A convicted felon was recently arrested on gun charges after a traffic stop in West Haven, according to police.

Police said a sergeant working patrol around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 22 saw a silver GMC Terrain with heavily tinted windows and a “fictitious Georgia registration plate” traveling north on Campbell Avenue.

A motor vehicle stop was conducted nearby in the 100 block of Boston Post Road, according to police. After the stop, the driver – later identified as Jervell Joyner – got out of the vehicle and began running down an alleyway, police said.

“While being chased, Joyner produced a handgun and continued to run away from the Sergeant with the handgun in his right hand,” police wrote in a news release. “Joyner tripped and fell after exiting the alley, causing the handgun to fall to the ground. Officers then apprehended Joyner without incident.”

Police said officers found the loaded gun on the ground nearby. The handgun's serial number was tampered with, and it was found to contain 14 rounds in its magazine, according to police.

Joyner was a convicted felon and is prohibited from possessing firearms, police said. He was charged with several weapon and motor vehicle related charges and was held on bond, according to police.