A man was arrested Monday after Killeen police conducting a traffic stop found a weapon in the vehicleâs speaker box.
According to an affidavit obtained Wednesday, officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Monday for an unlisted reason. The driver and occupant of the vehicle was identified as Simon Paul Johnson, 35, of Killeen, the affidavit said.
The affidavit did not list why the vehicle was subjected to a K9 âfree air sniff,â but it did say that the K9 affirmed the presence of narcotics.
Upon searching the vehicle, the affidavit alleges that officers found a firearm in a speaker box in on the front passenger seat.