ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Charges are filed after police say they ”became aware” of an armed teenager on Rockford’s east side.
A 16-year-old from Rockford is charged with armed violence, aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, possession with intent to deliver cannabis and no valid FOID.
Just before 10 p.m. May 6, Rockford SCOPE officers found the teenager in the area of 11th Street and 5th Avenue.
Police say he was found with a loaded handgun with an extended magazine plus a laser light attachment and roughly 35 grams of cannabis…