PEORIA Ill. – Two individuals have been arrested after an early-morning altercation with Peoria Police.
According to officers, just after 2:00am Wednesday, they conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 400 block of West Nebraska.
As officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, it sped away.
Police observed the vehicle come to a stop in the 1700 block of North Bigelow where two males exited and fled on foot.
After a brief foot chase officers apprehended the two males identified as 20-year-old Melagra Sanchez Jr. and 18-year-old Danny Williams.
During a search of the subject’s flight path officers located two handguns. One of the firearms was reported stolen.
Both Williams and Sanchez are being held at the Peoria County Jail on multiple weapons charges and for attempting to elude police.
The driver of the vehicle was issued several traffic citations and released at the scene.
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