CANTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A Mattapan man is facing gun charges after troopers found a stolen pistol in his car following a traffic stop in Canton early Sunday morning.
Troopers patrolling the ramp from Route 93 south to Route 95 just after midnight pulled over a white Honda traveling twenty miles over the speed limit, according to police.
The driver, 22-year-old Alijah Rosa, immediately informed the trooper that his license was suspended and the trooper conducted a search of the vehicle and found a loaded Smith and Wesson pistol in the back of the passenger seat.
The pistol was reported stolen nearly a year prior.
Rosa was released on $5,000 bail and his passenger was issued a criminal summons and released from the scene.
Rosa is due to be arraigned in Stoughton District Court on a number of charges including unlawful possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property, and possession of a stolen firearm with a deface serial number.
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