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.…