Cook County man charged after officers find fully automatic gun, unrestrained child in car

The Brief

  • Cook County sheriff’s investigators arrested a Richton Park man after recovering a loaded fully automatic firearm during a traffic stop in Chicago Heights.
  • Authorities said the driver was speeding, driving without insurance and had a child in the back seat without a seat belt.
  • The man was charged with felony weapons offenses and ordered held in Cook County Jail.

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. A man is facing felony charges after investigators recovered a fully-loaded automatic gun during a traffic stop in Chicago Heights.

The backstory:

Cook County Sheriff’s Police spotted a Dodge Charger speeding and cutting off other drivers around 6:30 on May 5 on Lincoln Highway.

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