State Police: Loaded Handgun, 28 Rounds of Ammunition and Halloween Mask in Car

Two men are scheduled to be arraigned on gun charges on Thursday in Attleboro District Court

Trooper Michael Tryon, assigned to the State Police Barracks in Foxboro, was notified of a road rage incident around 4 Wednesday afternoon on Route 95 southbound in Sharon.

A motorist called 911 and said a gun had been pointed at him by a man in a Volkswagen. The caller gave the license plate of the vehicle and a description of the two men inside the car.

Trooper Tryon stopped the Volkswagen on Route 95 southbound in Mansfield.

The driver, Yomar Romero, 21, of Pawtucket, R.I., was arrested for a default warrant out of Uxbridge District Court. The passenger, Justin Smith, 20, of Providence, R.I., had a .32 caliber shell casing in his pocket, according to state police.

A loaded .32 caliber Colt handgun was found inside the car, along with a box containing 28 rounds of ammunition, and a Halloween mask, according to state police.

Neither man had a valid license to carry a firearm and both were arrested and transported to the State Police Barracks in Foxboro where they were booked and were held on $10,000 bail each.

ROMERO was charged with the following offenses:

1. Possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card.

2. Possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card.

3. Carrying a firearm without a license

4. Default warrant

SMITH was charged with the following offenses:

1. Carrying a firearm without a license

2. Assault with A dangerous weapon

3. Possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card.

Arrests and charges mentioned do not imply conviction.

Photo CreditL Massachusetts State Police.