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Columbus Teen Arrested On Gun And Drug Charges

Last updated on Tuesday, October 25, 2016

(COLUMBUS) - A Columbus teenager was arrested Friday on gun and drug charges.

Columbus Lt. Matt Harris says officers arrested 19-year-old Skye Bailey after he was found passed out in a vehicle with a handgun on his lap.

At approximately 1:50 p.m., Officers Ben Quesenbery and Eric Kapczynski responded to a parking lot in the 2000 block of Merchants Mile in regards to two suspicious men in a vehicle.

When the officers arrived they found Bailey inside the vehicle. Officers reportedly took the handgun and arrested Bailey after waking him up.

A second person in the vehicle was taken into custody but later released.

Police found a small amount of meth and Xanax in the vehicle.

Bailey was arrested on preliminary charges of carrying a handgun without a permit, possession of a controlled substance and possession of meth.

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