Arlington police came to a noisy party. They found a teen with an AR-15 and body armor

Police who arrived to break up a noisy party ended up seizing an AR-15 rifle, military-grade body armor, a stolen handgun and a small quantity of marijuana from a teen suspect, police said.

The incident happened at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1700 block of Joyce Street in southeast Arlington, police said.

Responding to a noise complaint, officers found a house party from which most guests were trying to make a quick getaway, but officers decided to question the occupants of a truck blocking the roadway, police spokesman Steven Bartolotta said.

The driver, who was wearing body armor, was evasive, officers said, so they had him step out of the car to be frisked.

In his waistband they found a handgun that had been reported stolen from Louisiana, police said.

When police inspected the truck, they found an AR-15 and marijuana.

The suspect was taken into custody, Bartolotta said. Because he is a juvenile, his name won’t be released to the public, police said. The suspect faces charges of unlawful possession of a weapon, marijuana possession, theft of a firearm and resisting arrest, police said.

This story was originally published October 3, 2018 at 12:16 PM with the headline "Arlington police came to a noisy party. They found a teen with an AR-15 and body armor."