Man arrested, stolen gun recovered

A handgun that was reported stolen was found after IU police officer Brice Teter stopped a car in the area of 1600 N. Jordan Ave.

The gun was loaded and reported stolen in Marion County in 2010, said IUPD Chief Keith Cash.

Teter stopped the vehicle at about 1:09 a.m. Thursday for a moving violation because the driver didn’t have the headlights turned on, said Lt. Craig Munroe of IUPD.

The driver, Ronald Nix, 23, was arrested for driving with a suspended license, Cash said. Teter then searched the vehicle and found the stolen gun under the driver’ seat, Cash added.

Two other men who were also not IU students were in the car and Nix, who is from Danville, Ind., claimed to be in Bloomington for a party, Cash said.