State Police Recover Two Guns In Early Morning Wilmington Traffic Stop

Two Randolph men are facing multiple charges after State Police recovered two guns during an early-morning traffic stop in Wilmington Monday. Melvin Ace Coleman, 26, and Tayvon D. Harper, 23, both of Randolph, were stopped in an Arizona-registered Hyundai Tucson SUV on Interstate 93 Northbound after state police clocked them traveling at more than 100 miles per hour.

During a search of the car, state troopers recovered two .40 caliber pistols. One of the guns, a Smith & Wesson, had been stolen from an auction in Georgia.

Neither man is licensed to carry a firearm. Additionally, the vehicle they were riding in had been rented from Enterprise by a third party and the men were traveling without proper registration documentation. As a result, Harper is also facing charges of using a motor vehicle without authority and driving without a license.

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Both men were charged with being felons in possession of a firearm. Harper was convicted of robbery in 2006 and again in 2007, while Coleman was previously convicted of distribution of Class A and Class B narcotics. Harper is also the defendant in four open firearms charges in Suffolk Superior Court.

The men were being held at the Essex County House of Correction in Middleton and were scheduled to be arraigned in Woburn District Court Monday morning.

Photo from Massachusetts State Police.