IC Police arrest armed subject Saturday night

Lang
1/23/22

Iowa City Police say they arrested an armed subject Saturday night.

Officers conducted a traffic stop on a 2009 Ford Edge near the intersection of 1st Avenue and Bradford Drive just before 8:15 Saturday night. A person inside the vehicle, identified as 22-year-old Joel Seals of Kirkwood Avenue, was allegedly in possession of a loaded Ruger .380 firearm as well as a clear plastic baggie containing marijuana.

Seals was arrested and charged with Person Ineligible to Carry Dangerous Weapons and Possession of a Controlled Substance. If convicted on both counts, he faces a maximum  of two years in jail.