Lincoln police Friday arrested three men who fled a traffic stop by drug investigators, a department spokeswoman said.
An SUV fled the traffic stop in the Hartley neighborhood at about 5:30 p.m., drove through a yard and ultimately stopped at 31st Street and Kleckner Court, where police caught up with the three people inside, Officer Angela Sands said.Â
One of them, 23-year-old Cedric Moeller, threw a backpack into a nearby bush, and officers found a loaded handgun that had been reported stolen along with 100 baggies of THC edibles, 28 grams of marijuana and more than $1,000 cash, police said.
The driver, Tristan Eacker, 19, was found with alprazolam, hydrocodone and suspected ecstasy, and another passenger, 23-year-old Jesus Noriega, had a handgun in his jeans and THC "shatter" in his satchel, Sands said.Â
Officers took Eacker to jail on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance; Noriega was booked on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon and possessing marijuana; and Moeller was suspected of possessing a firearm by a prohibited person, possessing a stolen firearm, possessing marijuana with intent to deliver, possessing suspected drug money and possessing a firearm during a drug offense.Â
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Later that night, officers seized four guns from Eacker's home at 31st and Q streets, including a handgun that had been stolen from an unlocked car in 2017, Sands said. Â