By Ray King

A Pine Bluff man was arrested Tuesday following a traffic stop after a gun that had been reported stolen was found in his vehicle.

Marcus Johnson Richardson, 27, was taken into custody after Tri-County Drug Task Force Investigator Joseph O’Neal stopped a white Chrysler driven by Richardson for speeding.

Marcus Johnson-Richardson

Deputy Prosecutor Beth Carson told a court hearing Thursday about the circumstances of the arrest.

Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set a $15,000 bond for Richardson after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge him with theft by receiving a firearm.

Richardson said he would hire his own attorney.