NORWALK — Officers arrested two Texas residents who were found with a gun and an extended magazine on Friday, according to police.
Police found the gun while investigating a suspicious vehicle parked near industrial machinery on Main Avenue around 12:10 a.m. Friday, said Norwalk police Lt. Ramon Tejada.
When the officer approached the vehicle, they saw a man lying face down on the ground next to the vehicle with a handgun within reach, according to Tejada. Two other people were found sleeping inside the vehicle.
Additional officers responded and detained the man, identified as 20-year-old Denver Lorentz Jr. Lorentz told officers that the group was traveling from Maine to Texas and had stopped at the location to rest. He also said that the firearm belonged to one of the people inside the vehicle, who was identified as Crystal Beadle, 38, Tejada said.
Beadle told police that she purchased the firearm in Texas and “she allowed Lorentz to carry the weapon because she did not believe she would be able to use it if necessary,” according to Tejada.
Officers also found an extended magazine inside the vehicle, Tejada said.
Police arrested Lorentz, of Lufkin, Texas, and Beadle, of Humble, Texas, and charged each with carrying a pistol without a permit and two counts of illegal possession of a large-capacity magazine. Their bonds were set at $50,000, according to Tejada.