42-year-old Antonio Rivera was jailed on March 20th after police responded to the Greyhound Bus Station on Rep John Lewis Way South for a bag containing drugs and a weapon. An employee of the Greyhound found the bag underneath the seat of a vacant Greyhound bus. A search of the bag located a loaded Iver Johnson handgun, a large bag of marijuana weighing approximately 36.4 grams, and two receipts with Rivera’s name. Officers found Rivera and asked him to step off the premises. He was immediately detained and admitted that the bag belonged to him. Rivera explained that he let a fellow passenger from Indiana smoke from his vape and was given the marijuana in exchange. As far as the gun, he stated he carries it for protection. Rivera was taken into custody and charged with having a weapon under the influence, possession with intent to sell, public intoxication, and firearm during a felony on March 20th.
Antonio Alfredo Rivera of Sagecrest Circle in West Melbourne, FL, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on March 20th, charged with weapon under the influence, possession with intent to sell, public intoxication, and firearm during felony. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $11,250, and the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office gave him pre-trial release from their facility.
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