ATLANTIC CITY -- A stolen car was recovered a day after the driver handed over the keys to a vehicle to someone he thought was a valet at an Atlantic City hotel, police said.

Steven Jacobs, 35, of Atlantic City was arrested at 7 a.m. Sunday after officers pulled over a Dodge Caravan at the corner of Tennessee and Atlantic avenues, Atlantic City police said in a statement Monday.

Jacobs, who had a loaded handgun on the floorboard, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and theft of movable property.

On Saturday, a man, who arrived at the Wyndham Skyline Tower on S. North Carolina Avenue, mistakenly turned over the minivan to a man who didn't work there, according to police.

The man got in the vehicle and sped away.

Atlantic City police advised visitors to make sure anyone using valet parking makes sure the person who takes their keys is an employee.

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