Errant Pasco Driver Captured With Gun, Drugs After Crash

A 37-year-old Pasco man is in the Franklin County jail on weapons and drug charges after a Friday evening crash.

   The suspect plowed their vehicle into another parked car

A Pasco Officer on patrol saw an SUV driving erratically near 7th and West Pear St. after which the driver crashed into a parked vehicle.

The occupants of the SUV then fled the scene, but the driver was located at a nearby residence and taken into custody after a search by Pasco K-9 Hapo.  Marco Antonio Garcia was arrested, Police said he left a handgun on the ground at the scene as narcotics were found inside the vehicle.

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In addition to the charges from the driving, crash, drugs and his

not being allowed to possess a firearm, he's also facing an unrelated arrest warrant.

Police did not say if any other suspects were located or being sought.