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Home > Blogs > Dayton area crime > Archives > 2008 > December > 08 > Entry

Police: Traffic stop leads to brief standoff, drug bust

By Lucas Sullivan | Monday, December 8, 2008, 09:46 AM

DAYTON - A routine traffic stop Friday, Dec. 5, turned into a brief standoff between one Dayton police officer and a man armed with a handgun.

Officer John Riegel was patrolling the 3300 block of Haberer Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. when he noticed a Chevy Impala fail to signal a left turn, according to a police report.

The Imapala then pulled into a parking lot, where Riegel approached in his marked police cruiser with activated overhead lights, the report stated.

The driver, Antonio Houston, and a passenger got out of the car as Riegel drove up, and the officer ordered them both to get back in the car.

Both men got back in the car, but Houston refused to close his door, the report stated. Houston refused numerous requests to close his door, and as Riegel approached he noticed Houston had a .38-caliber revolver in his hand, the report stated.

Riegel refused to put up his hands as Riegel retreated to his cruiser and took cover, the report stated.

As he approached again, it appeared Houston was trying to unload the gun, the report stated. Houston then got out of the car, hit his knees and threw the gun underneath the vehicle, the report stated.

Houston then took off on foot. He was caught minutes later at McCabe Park a quarter-mile away by responding officers. Police found baggies of marijuana and nearly $5,200 in cash in Houston’s pockets, according to the report.

Houston told officers he had been out of work since September and the money was from his unemployment checks he’d been saving, the report stated.

Houston offered no explanation for the stolen gun or the nearly 350 grams of marijuana, the report stated.

He was arrested on felony charges of carrying a concealed weapon, receiving stolen property, drug possession and having weapons while under disability.

The passenger, Maurice Pique, was issued a misdemeanor citation after police found a small amount of marijuana in his pockets, the report stated.

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