A man arrested late Tuesday night attempted to avoid police and was found with a gun.
Michael Henderson-Crawford, a Morrisville resident who had no age listed in a court docket, was charged early Wednesday and arraigned by on-call District Judge Michael Gallagher on two counts of firearms not to be carried without a license and single counts of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, possession of a controlled substance, use/possession of drug paraphernalia, and several traffic offenses.
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A Middletown Township officer on patrol spotted a blue Ford sedan traveling on East Lincoln Highway leave its lane of travel. At that time, the officer pulled the car over, but it quickly fled by making a U-turn, according to court papers.
The vehicle – driven by Henderson-Crawford – ended up turning into the parking lot of the Burger King on Oxford Valley Road in Falls Township before stopping, police said.
Henderson-Crawford was making odd movements with his hands and ordered out of the vehicle, which he refused to do, police said.
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Officers removed Henderson-Crawford from the sedan and was detained, police said.
During a search of the driver’s area, officers found a Glock 35 .40 caliber and a Glock 48 .9mm. The two firearms were unsecured under the driver’s seat, police said.
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A search of Henderson-Crawford uncovered a box containing a small baggie with a crystal substance suspected to be methamphetamine was found, police said.
In court papers, police said Henderson-Crawford was found to have been driving with a suspended license and he did not have a concealed carry license. The Glock 48 was found to be registered to Henderson-Crawford.
Henderson-Crawford was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $125,000.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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