Bridgeport Man, 18, Arrested On Weapons Charges: Police

BRIDGEPORT, CT — An 18-year-old Bridgeport man, and a 14-year-old juvenile, were arrested on weapons charges last week, after Bridgeport police confiscated two firearms, one of which was a ghost gun, according to authorities.

Ramiz Stevenson was arrested following a brief foot chase on Thursday, and was charged with the following offenses:

• Possession of large capacity magazine
• Carrying a pistol without a permit
• Interfering with Officers
• Risk of injury to a minor

According to Bridgeport police, the incident began in the area of Madison and Capitol avenues, after police received a tip that four people were seen with firearms while inside a nearby liquor store.

"Upon responding to the area, [officers] located the four suspects walking in the parking lot of TD Bank," Tiadora Josef, Bridgeport's director of Public Information, wrote in a statement. "The suspects fled from the parking lot attempting to evade Officers. While fleeing, arrestee Ramiz Stevenson aged 18 from Bridgeport was observed throwing a firearm over the fence of a nearby home. Ramiz Stevenson was taken into custody after a brief foot chase on Capitol Ave. The firearm, a black Glock .40Cal pistol with a 30 round extended magazine was located and secured."

While canvassing the area, officers also located a black backpack, which had been worn by one of the suspects, in the rear yard of a home on Capitol Avenue. Inside the backpack was a short barrel AR-style pistol with no serial markings, also known as a ghost gun, and a magazine loaded with 20 rounds of 5.56 ammunition.

Police were able to apprehend the 14-year-old suspect on nearby Cleveland Avenue; additional information about the juvenile was not disclosed, only that the suspect was "charged accordingly."

Stevenson was held in lieu of bail of $25,000, and he is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on Jan. 9.