GIRARD, Ohio (WKBN) – A Liberty man learned his sentence Wednesday in a gun case.
Derek Bell, II, 28, was convicted of a lesser misdemeanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon, and an improper handling of a firearm charge was dismissed, according to court records.
A judge in Girard Municipal Court ordered that Bell pay fines and court costs, as well as surrender the gun and ammunition seized during a traffic stop in Liberty Township in October.
Reports said police pulled over a car Wright was driving because of an expired registration from last November. Reports said police could smell marijuana from inside the car, and when asked if there were any weapons inside, Bell said no.
A records check found that Wright had a warrant from Boardman police for misuse of a credit card, reports said. Police searched the car and found some marijuana, pills and a loaded .40-caliber handgun under the front passenger seat where Bell was sitting, the report stated.
Two passengers in the back seat denied knowing there was a gun in the car, reports said, and they were let go.