Man charged with having automatic gun in Naperville
A Glendale Heights man with a felony record is accused of having a gun illegally modified to fire fully automatic.
Pretrial detention was ordered Wednesday for Devon Redmond, 25, of the 1800 block of Somerset Drive.
He is charged with possession of a loaded machine gun, armed violence, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. All are felonies.
According to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office, Naperville police started watching a vehicle registered to Redmond around 8:05 p.m. Tuesday.
Redmond is wanted on several no-bond arrest warrants out of DeKalb County.
Police said they saw Redmond leaving a residence while carrying a handbag. He put the bag behind the driver’s seat of a vehicle and got in, according to police.
Police say that, in the bag, they found a fully loaded Glock 23 handgun with an extended magazine and one bullet in the chamber. It had a switch to make it fully automatic.
They say they also found Xanax pills.