SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A man convicted in connection with a murder over 20 years ago was arrested in Springfield Friday after police found a firearm during a traffic stop.
At around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, officers conducted a traffic stop after they observed a vehicle with a suspended registration pull into a gas station on Main Street. An inventory search was performed inside the car before it was towed because it was unregistered.
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Police found an illegally loaded firearm under the driver’s seat mat and arrested 45-year-old Nemlon Adams of Manchester, Connecticut.
Adams is charged with the following:
- Carrying a Firearm without a License
- Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License
- Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm
- Firearm Violation with 1 Prior Violent/Drug Crime
Springfield police revealed that Adams was convicted in 2000 in connection with a Connecticut murder.
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