A woman who failed to fasten her seatbelt was arrested with a stolen gun in her Cadillac.
Patience Deniya Henderson, 23, of Eustis, was driving the black four-door Cadillac on Wednesday afternoon when an officer noticed she was not wearing a seatbelt, according to an arrest report from the Eustis Police Department.
During a traffic stop, the officer spotted the Kahr Arms 9mm gun on the rear passenger floorboard of the vehicle. The gun had been reported stolen in 2020 in Eustis. Henderson said she was aware the gun was in the car and claimed she had received the gun from her “brother,” the report said. She later recanted that statement and told the police, “You found it on me.”
Henderson was arrested on charges of grand theft of a firearm and openly carrying a weapon. She was booked at the Lake County Jail and released after posting $3,000 bond.
