Martha's Vineyard Man Faces Gun Charges: MSP

MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA – A Martha's Vineyard man was arrested Monday and charged with weapons offenses following a traffic stop in Edgartown. Police pulled over a 2012 Mazda sedan around 2 p.m. Monday for driving without an inspection sticker, according to state police.

The driver, a 25-year-old Oak Bluffs woman, spoke to police while the passenger, 30-year-old Edgartown resident William Filene, opened the glove box to get the registration. A trooper saw a clear plastic box with ammunition inside the compartment, and neither person had a license to carry a firearm or a firearm identification card, state police said.

Filene and the driver initially told police there was no gun in the car, but troopers ultimately found a Ruger LCP Auto handgun with a .380-caliber round in the chamber and a magazine holding six more rounds, police said. The box in the glove compartment had six .40-caliber rounds, according to police.

Filene was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. The driver was issued a civil citation for driving without an inspection sticker.

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