(PEORIA, IL) Friday, March 17, 2023, at approximately 12:07 a.m. Peoria Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle committing multiple traffic violations in the 700 block of E. McClure.
During the traffic stop, officers found probable cause to search the vehicle.
While searching the vehicle officers located a loaded handgun inside.
The driver, identified as 27-year-old Adria O. Williams was detained and subsequently arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Traffic Violations and an Active Warrant.
Williams was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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