(ST. CLAIR COUNTY) – An alert Port Huron police officer discovered multiple loaded weapons in a vehicle early Monday morning while on routine patrol.
Around 1:30 a.m. Monday, the officer spotted a Honda Civic parked at a gas station in the 1300 block of Military Street.
The officer observed a male was slumped over the steering wheel while an 11 year old child was playing in the backseat, with a loaded handgun next by the child.
While the officer attempted to wake the male, he noticed another loaded handgun, a .223 rifle with loaded magazines, a loaded shotgun, open liquor, prescription drugs, and what appeared to be illicit drugs in the vehicle.
Further investigation revealed the male, a 40 year old North Carolina resident, drove to Michigan to meet a woman he met on a social media site.
He was driving on a suspended license and didn’t have a permit to carry a firearm.
The male was arrested and lodged in the St. Clair County jail on multiple firearms and drug charges as well well for driving on a Suspended License.
His son was turned over to the Department of Human Services who are in the process of making arrangements to get the child back to relatives in North Carolina.
The incident remains under investigation.
