Man Pulls Out Gun In BMW Filled With 'Cloud Of Smoke': Des Plaines PD

DES PLAINES, IL — A Des Plaines man is facing a felony charge following an early Sunday morning incident in which he "presented" a loaded pistol to another person. Larelle Potts, 19, of the 2000 block of S. Pine Street, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the incident.

After his arrest, Potts was brought to Cook County Courthouse for a detention hearing.

Police were called to the area of Howard and Chestnut avenues at 2:28 a.m. Sunday for a report that multiple subjects were in a gray BMW and one had shown a pistol to the complainant. Police located the described car in the middle of a parking lot in the 2000 block of S. Pine Street. When an officer approached the car, a male opened the driver's door, allowing a cloud of smoke, later identified as burnt cannabis, to leave the vehicle.

With the report of a firearm and the odor of cannabis, all the occupants of the car were asked to step out of the vehicle for a search. Potts, who had been sitting in the rear passenger's side of the car, had a loaded 9mm pistol in his jacket pocket, according to police. Potts admitted to not having a Firearm Owners Identification Card or a Conceal Carry License. He was subsequently taken into custody.