LAWRENCE — A man was arrested on firearms charges after he made an illegal U-turn on Broadway at Bradford Street, then fired a shot from his car after turning onto Concord Street, police said.
Christian Irizarry, 30, of Roxbury was seen driving on Broadway with his car headlights off Tuesday at 12:15 a.m. by Officer Allen Demers.
As Demers turned his cruiser onto Concord Street to follow the car, he heard a gunshot and saw the car speed off toward Franklin Street. The car traveled south on Franklin Street and then turned on Common Street.
Irizarry was ordered out of the car at gunpoint and placed in handcuffs by Demers and officers Ivan Resto and Paul Plantamura, police said.
No weapon was found in the car, but a spent 9 mm shell casing was found at the scene. When officers retraced the route Irizarry took, they found a loaded Kel Tek 9 mm pistol on Concord Street.
Irizarry was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card, possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, discharging a firearm near a highway, and carrying a firearm without a license.
The following were taken from area police logs for Tuesday:
Methuen
Car break: 163 Broadway, 1:36 a.m.
Car crash: 177 Swan St., two cars, under investigation, 7:38 a.m.
Vandalism: 34 Burnham Road, tires slashed, 9:02 a.m.
Vandalism: 2 McGrath St., car damaged, 9:05 a.m.
Car break: 43 Kensington Ave., 4 p.m.
Car break: 975 Riverside Drive, purse taken, 5:28 p.m.
Theft: 116 Pleasant Valley St., wallet taken, 6 p.m.
Stolen car: 28 Haverhill St., 7:35 p.m.
Theft: 9 Princeton St., GPS taken from car, 8:18 p.m.
North Andover
Arrest: Jessica Meservey, 19, 98 Warwick St., Lawrence, minor in possession of alcohol, possession of marijuana, Ardmore Court and Wood Ridge Road, 12:37 a.m.
Arrest: Amanda Hardy, 19, 418 Massachusetts Ave., speeding, minor in possession of alcohol, possession of marijuana, Ardmore Court and Wood Ridge Road, 12:37 a.m.
Arrest: Julie Drelick, 19, 7 Vista Circle, Methuen, minor in possession of alcohol, Ardmore Court and Wood Ridge Road, 12:37 a.m.
Vandalism: 416 Waverley Road, car damaged, 7:46 a.m.
Vandalism: 21 Clark St., property damaged, 5 p.m.
Andover
Car crash: Chandler Circle, under investigation, 1:17 p.m.
Car crash: Lupine Road, no injuries, 1:47 p.m.
Suspicious activity: Reservation Road, someone screaming in the area, officer reports nothing found, 9:42 p.m.
Lawrence
Vandalism: 16 Warwick St., property damaged, 6:45 a.m.
Car crash: 208 S. Broadway, no injuries, 6:48 p.m.
Car break: 8 E. Haverhill St., 6:58 a.m.
Vandalism: Parker and Salem streets, property damaged, 7:34 a.m.
Vandalism: 40 Pleasant St., property damaged, 9:25 a.m.
Theft: 130 Parker St., property taken, 10:39 a.m.
Arrest: Roberto Alvarado, 52, 77 S. Union St., possession of cocaine, 407 Essex St., 11:46 a.m.
Arrest: Rafael Velasquez, 36, 430 Essex St., distribution of cocaine, trafficking cocaine over 28 grams, trafficking heroin over 14 grams, false name to a police officer, 407 Essex St., 12 p.m.
Arrest: Jennifer Vasquez, 23, 27 Morton St., assault and battery on a household member, 27 Morton St., 1:32 p.m.
Theft: 314 Essex St., property taken, 3:21 p.m.
Arrest: Jaime Torres-Rivera Jr., 23, 77 S. Union St., carrying a dangerous weapon, Newbury and Haverhill streets, 3:33 p.m.
Theft: 215 S. Broadway, property taken, 3:37 p.m.
Arrest: Luis Pena, 30, 7 Saunders St., assault and battery on a household member, assault with a dangerous weapon, 5 Saunders St., 5:05 p.m.
Break: 153 Saratoga St., building broken into, 5:24 p.m.
Stolen car: 88 Alder St., 8:21 p.m.
Arrest: Vilma Melendez, 37, 73 Bromfield St., public drinking, Broadway and Lowell Street, 9 p.m.
Arrest: Christen Wallace, 19, 24 Park St., Haverhill, possession of marijuana, East Haverhill and Howard streets, 10 p.m.
Arrest: Venkat Yerrmaneni, 18, 23 Royal Crest Drive, North Andover, possession of marijuana, East Haverhill and Howard streets, 10:20 p.m.
Arrest: David Taveras, 28, 7 Holt St., reckless driving, leaving the scene of a property accident, failure to stop for a police officer, failure to yield, Lebanon and White streets, 11:10 p.m.
Arrest: Amelia McMullen, 21, Wakefield, disorderly conduct, Amesbury and Haverhill streets, 11:30 p.m.
Arrest: Guiseppe DiMarca, 22, 7 Bradford St., disorderly conduct, Amesbury and Haverhill streets, 11:30 p.m.
Vandalism: 75 Newton St., property damaged, 11:37 p.m.
