Hunter
04/03/22
Three Cedar Rapids men were taken into custody overnight Sunday after allegedly being involved in a fight that included the brandishing of weapons.
Officers were dispatched to the 200 block of South Van Buren Street at around 2:45 am on reports of black males fighting and brandishing handguns. Upon arrival, they came upon 23-year-old Michael Nooner of Western Drive Southwest, 23-year-old Armani Kimbrough of O Avenue Northwest, and 23-year-old Shermar Banks of Breyer Street Southwest. Nooner was reportedly walking away from the location, towards a vehicle Kimbrough and Banks were sitting in.
When they made contact with the vehicle, a handgun was observed in plain view. The three were asked out of the vehicle and detained. Another handgun was reportedly found on Nooner, as well as a THC vape cartridge. Marijuana was found in the vehicle where Nooner was sitting. A marijuana blunt was located at the feet of Kimbrough, as well as a gun in the seat pocket in front of him that he allegedly admitted was his. Banks was within reach of the marijuana and the firearms.
Nooner, Kimbrough and Banks were each charged with being a person ineligible to carry a dangerous weapon and marijuana possession; if convicted on both counts, they each could be sentenced to a jail term of up to two years.