Chicopee driver arrested after allegedly swerving on Tapley Street in Springfield, firearm seized

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A firearm stolen from Vermont was recovered during a traffic stop on Tapley Street in Springfield.

According to the Springfield Police Department, at around 3:40 a.m. on Friday officers observed a vehicle cross the double yellow line multiple times on Tapley Street. An inquiry check of the vehicle revealed it as uninsured and the registration was revoked.

The officers conducted a traffic stop and informed the driver, 29-year-old Alexander Lopez of Chicopee, that the vehicle would need to be towed. During the inventory check of the vehicle, officers found a loaded large-capacity firearm with nine rounds of ammunition, capable of firing 13, and an opened container of ‘High Noon’ inside.

Lopez refused to take a sobriety test and was arrested for the following charges.

• Possession of a Large Capacity Firearm
• Possession of a High-Capacity Magazine/Feeding Device
• Possession of Ammunition with an FID Card
• Receiving Stolen Property less than $1200
• Uninsured Motor Vehicle Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended Registration
• Possession of an Open Container of Alcohol in a Motor Vehicle
• OUI- Liquor

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