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Man walks into Coffee with a Cop with illegally possessed handgun
Oct. 3, 2016 3:43 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - A Cedar Rapids man faces a weapons charge after walking into a police event with an illegally possessed handgun.
Cedar Rapids public safety spokesman Greg Buelow said officers were at Brewed Awakenings, 1271 First Avenue SE, Monday morning for Coffee with a Cop, a semiregular event where citizens can have informal conversations with law enforcement. Police said around 11 a.m., 25-year-old Dallas R. Esparza entered the business.
Buelow said Esparza had a handgun tucked into his waistband. Officers noticed the weapon and found his permit to carry had been revoked in June for possession of a controlled substance.
Esparza was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
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