Rochester man held with 140 g marijuana and stolen gun in stop
Rochester police arrested 29-year-old Edward Williams after a 10 November traffic stop on Civic Center Drive Northwest found about 140 grams of suspected marijuana and a stolen handgun. He was charged with illegal firearm possession as a person convicted of a crime of violence, receiving stolen property and an open-cannabis-package misdemeanor.
🇺🇸 1600 block of Civic Center Drive NW, Rochester · Minnesota, United States
Just after 9 p.m. on 10 November 2026, Rochester patrol officers stopped a
driver with a suspended license near the 1600 block of Civic Center Drive NW.[1]Officers identified the driver as 29-year-old Edward Williams of Rochester
and arrested him.[1]Police say officers found a stolen handgun and suspected
drugs with him during the traffic stop.[2]
Officers said they had probable cause to search the vehicle.[1]The search
found a stolen handgun and approximately 140 grams of suspected marijuana in a
baggie.[1]The complaint describes the gun as a Glock with an extended
magazine that had been reported stolen out of Roseville.[3]The stop took
place on Civic Center Drive Northwest in Rochester.[4]
A criminal complaint filed in Olmsted County District Court charged Williams
with illegal possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a crime of
violence, receiving stolen property, and a misdemeanor involving possession of
an open cannabis package in a motor vehicle.[3]The Rochester Police
Department handled the stop and arrest.[5]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
140 g
Agency
Rochester Police Department
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (140 g)
Setting
Vehicle
Charges
illegal possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a crime of violence; receiving stolen property; possession of an open cannabis package in a motor vehicle
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Open questions the AI reported
The marijuana is described as suspected and the 140-gram figure as approximate, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
No court outcome beyond the filed complaint and a scheduled first court appearance was reported.
The submitted video page carries only a headline caption; stop time, place, identity, weight and charges are taken from the fuller KTTC article, police bulletin and follow-up reporting on the same stop.
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