Man caught with gun, drugs while driving carjacked vehicle

Ethan Illers
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A man was arrested Thursday after he was caught with a gun, drugs, and cash while driving a carjacked vehicle.

Metro police said officers found a 2017 Dodge Charger that was reportedly taken Monday during a carjacking. Officers followed the car to a convenience store in the 4100 block of Nolensville Pike where the driver, identified as 22-year-old Kelvin Ramirez, got out of the car and ran, but was quickly apprehended.

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Officers searched the car and found a pistol, a ski mask, cocaine, marijuana, and $1,930 in cash, according to investigators.

Recovered gun, drugs, and cash (Source: Metro Nashville Police Department)
Recovered gun, drugs, and cash (Source: Metro Nashville Police Department)

Police said while Ramirez was being interviewed, he admitted to have sold drugs in the past.

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Ramirez is charged with vehicle theft, evading arrest, unlawful weapon possession (he is not a legal resident of the U.S., according to police), possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony, and felony cocaine and marijuana possession.

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