Daniel D. Sansom

A wanted area man found in possession of stolen handguns and credit cards was jailed following a traffic stop Wednesday.

Police took 24-year-old Daniel D. Sansom into custody shortly after he was stopped around 11:40 a.m. in the area of Willard and Barrows streets. Sansom had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court, and during a search he was found to have two loaded stolen handguns inside a backpack he was wearing.

An investigation found that the weapons were reported stolen in the burglary of an Arlington Street residence Nov. 5.

Sansom was also found with several credit cards that belonged to three separate larceny victims, as well as a small amount of crystal methamphetamine.

The area man was being held for arraignment on charges of five counts fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.