Crime & Safety

Man Found With Stolen Gun: Southbury PD

Officers arrested a man after getting a report of an erratic driver, police said.

SOUTHBURY, CT — A New Haven man was arrested after he was found in possession of a stolen firearm, according to police.

Officers arrested Rickey Traynham, 26, after getting a report of an erratic driver on Southford Road Dec. 5, police said.

Traynham was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, stealing a firearm, possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, misuse of license plates and operating a vehicle without a license or insurance.

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He was held in lieu of $25,000 bail and has a court set date of Dec. 7.

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