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On Monday around 4:30p.m. members of the Springfield Police Department Street Crimes Unit saw 42 year old Donald Willhite in the area of 11th Street and Percy Avenue. The officers knew Willhite has an active arrest warrant out of Sangamon County.
The officers arrested Willhite without incident. During a search of Willhite the officers found a loaded Smith and Wesson Bodyguard .380 caliber pistol. The firearm had been reported stolen by a Springfield resident earlier in the month.
Willhite was charged with unlawful possession of weapon by felon and armed habitual criminal. He is in custody at the Sangamon County Jail and bond has been set at $150,000.00.