NLR traffic stop yields a stolen gun

Police arrested two men, including a parolee, during a traffic stop in North Little Rock on Wednesday afternoon in which drugs and a stolen weapon were found.

An officer pulled over a driver, later identified as 22-year-old Nathaniel Franklin of Pine Bluff, for failing to completely stop at a stop sign, according to a North Little Rock Police Department report.

During a pat-down search, authorities found a large revolver in Franklin’s right pants pocket. Franklin said he paid $50 for the gun, which was listed as stolen out of Lincoln County.

Franklin was arrested around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of West 24th Street in North Little Rock on charges of theft by receiving and drug paraphernalia.

A passenger in the vehicle, 27-year-old Tracey King of Little Rock, also was arrested on drug-related charges after police found more than 2 grams of suspected heroin in his possession.

King was listed in the report as a “parolee with a search waiver.” Additional information regarding his criminal background was not immediately available.

A 13-year-old boy was in the back of the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop, the report notes. As a result, Franklin and King each also face one misdemeanor count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, records show.

Both remained at the Pulaski County jail Friday night, according to online jail records.