RadioOnFire.com - On December 4, 2017, Citiwatch camera operators were monitoring activities in the 100 block of N. Paca Street, near Lexington Market. At the time, the operators observed an unknown male illegally selling prescription drugs.
Street officers were called in to arrest the suspect. As the officers approached the suspect, he noticed their presence and ran away. The officers gave chase and observed the suspect toss a handgun as he ran.
That handgun was immediately recovered by one of the chasing officers and the suspect was apprehended a short time later. The weapon, a loaded revolver, was seized and submitted as evidence.
Police arrested 24 year-old Benjamin Watson. Recovered from Watson was a pill bottle containing an unknown type of prescription drug. The drugs were submitted as evidence also. Watson was transported to Central Booking where he is being charged with handgun and narcotics violations.
Currently Benjamin Watson is waiting to be booked at Central Booking.
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