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James Underwood, Devin Hookfin, Michael Harper and Rayshawn Lewis are facing felony weapons charges after Lakewood police found two loaded guns in a car during a routine traffic stop.

(Lakewood Police Department)

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Four men are facing felony weapons charges after Lakewood officers found two loaded guns in a car during a traffic stop.

James Neil Underwood III, 19, of Garfield Heights, a passenger in the car, was wanted in connection with thefts at a gun show in Berea in May. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of grand theft in that case Wednesday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, according to court records.

He remains in the Cuyahoga County Jail on a $50,000 bond.

An officer on patrol near West 117th Street and Edgewater Drive in Lakewood saw a 2014 black Chevy Cruz with no license plate light at 4:48 a.m. Monday. The officer stopped the car in the 11800 block of Edgewater Drive, according to a Lakewood police report.

When the officer approached the car he saw a loaded .38-caliber revolver sticking out of a pocket on the back of the front passenger's seat, Lakewood police Capt. Ed Hassing said.

The men got out of the car and officers put the men in handcuffs while police searched the car. That's when officers found a loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol in the glove box, Hassing said.

The driver, Devin Tirrell Hookfin, 19, of Cleveland, Underwood, and passengers Michael Robert Harper and Rayshawn Lanelle Byrd Lewis, both 20, of Garfield Heights were arrested and charged with carrying concealed weapons, according to Lakewood Municipal Court records.

Their cases were bound over to a Cuyahoga County grand jury. They were still in the Cuyahoga County Jail on Wednesday.

None of the men claimed ownership of the guns, Hassing said. The men told police they were in the area visiting friends.

Underwood was also charged with giving false information to law enforcement. He is due back in municipal court for an Aug. 2 hearing.

Hookfin was charged with driving under suspension and license plate light. An Aug. 1 hearing is scheduled in Lakewood.

A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Hookfin July 12 on grand theft and two counts of theft in a separate case out of Cleveland, according to court records.

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