(PEORIA, IL) Friday, May 10, 2024, at approximately 8:26 p.m. Peoria Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at NE Monroe and Handcock for a traffic violation.
When officers approached the vehicle, they observed two adult subjects inside. Police observed the male passenger was not wearing a seat belt.
While speaking with the driver, officers observed the passenger, identified as 34-year-old Aurice A. Leflore attempting to exit the vehicle. As officers attempted to detain Leflore he resisted and fled from officers on foot. Before fleeing from officers, a loaded handgun fell from Leflore’s waistband onto the ground. The Polymer 80 (Ghost Gun) was recovered by police.
At approximately 9:40 p.m. Leflore was apprehended in the 700 block of Greenleaf and taken into custody.
Leflore was then transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and was subsequently arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm without a Valid FOID Card, Obstructing Justice,
Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Resisting Police, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm with Defaced Identification, and two Active Warrants.
Leflore was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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