ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A Rockford man has been charged after police found a loaded handgun in his car during a traffic stop on Tuesday.
According to the Roscoe Police Department, an officer spotted a Ford Fusion headed southbound on N. 2nd Street near Rockton Road around 10:55 p.m. The officer noted the car had one headlight out, according to the police report.
Camera systems on the officer’s cruiser pinged the license plate as being registered to a junked Chevrolet, so the officer pulled the driver over just south of Swanson Road…