CRIME
Topeka police: Registered violent offender found in possession of handgun, marijuana
Brianna Childers bchilders@cjonline.com
![Lamar D. Moss, 40, was arrested Saturday in connection with felon in possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana. [Kansas Department of Corrections]](/gcdn/authoring/2019/02/16/NTCJ/ghows-KS-820b639d-d272-61ac-e053-0100007f5a40-b7773b44.jpeg?width=300&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Topeka police arrested a man Saturday after he was found to be in possession of a handgun and marijuana.
Lamar Moss, 40, was arrested in connection with felon in possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana.
Officers stopped a vehicle about 3:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of S.E. 37th Street for expired registration, according to Lt. Robbie Simmons.
Moss, who was a passenger in the car, was found to have a handgun and marijuana.
Simmons said Moss is a registered violent offender for second-degree murder.
According to state corrections records, Moss was convicted of second-degree murder in 2003 in Shawnee County. He was released from prison in August 2017.