FITCHBURG, Wis. — An 18-year-old teen was arrested early Thursday morning after a handgun was found in a vehicle.
Fitchburg police said at around 1:15 a.m. they observed a car with several occupants in the parking lot of a car dealership in the 300 block of East Badger Road. The dealership was closed and there had been an increase in thefts over the past several weeks across the city, which prompted officers to contact the occupants.
While speaking to the passengers, officers detected an odor of marijuana coming from the car and conducted a vehicle search…