You snooze, you lose - especially if you're in a car blocking traffic on Gallivan Boulevard with a loaded gun on your lap, police say

Boston Police report they caught a antheral with a loaded weapon reddish handed - and accelerated dormant - extracurricular the East Boston Savings Bank subdivision connected Gallivan Boulevard successful Dorchester connected Tuesday.

Police accidental officers connected patrol responded to the slope subdivision astatine 489 Gallivan Blvd. astir 9:30 p.m. aft being flagged down by idiosyncratic forced to dilatory due to the fact that of a car parked connected the roadway - who noticed that "the operator of the centrifugal conveyance appeared to beryllium dormant with a weapon connected his lap."

Officers activated their lights and sirens, exited their cruiser and erstwhile they approached the vehicle, they observed the driver, aboriginal identified as, Khari Wilcox, 24, of Brockton, to beryllium asleep. Officers observed the firearm connected Wilcox’s thigh and arsenic they attempted to awake him, helium became non-compliant. After a little conflict helium was safely placed nether arrest.

The weapon was "a Beretta PX4 Storm with 1 circular successful the enclosure and thirteen rounds successful the magazine," constabulary say, adding they besides recovered Wilcox had a integrative container of crack, different container of Xanax pills, a 3rd container with arsenic yet chartless pills and $2,718 successful bills.

Wilcox was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of Class B and Class E drugs and resisting arrest, constabulary say.

Innocent, etc.