Pair will be arraigned after traffic stop arrests

YOUNGSTOWN — Officers found two handguns and 27 pills early Sunday morning inside a car they pulled over in the 700 block of Sherwood Avenue for having a broken tail light.

Expected to be arraigned today in municipal court on two warrants as well as charges of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and obstructing official business is the driver of the car, Jayshawn Sanders, 20, no address given. Also to be arraigned is a passenger in the car, Levon Jackson, 23, of Sherwood Avenue, who is charged with possession of drugs, being a felon in possession of a firearm and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

Reports said when officers tried to pull the car over about 12:05 a.m., Sanders stopped briefly then drove away, stopping again in front of Jackson’s home. He ran out of the car but was tackled in the yard, reports said.

Reports said Jackson kept reaching under the seat where he was sitting so he was taken out of the car and searched, where police found 27 pills on him.

Where he was sitting, police found a loaded .440-caliber handgun, reports said. Where Sanders was sitting officers found a loaded .32-caliber revolver, reports said.