A weapons charge has been dismissed against an acquitted murder defendant who admitted having a gun in the car he drove when it was pulled over in Springfield Township for having false license plates.

But state Rep. Josh Williams (R., Sylvania) contends a receiving stolen property count for which Vontae Garrett was indicted Monday by the Lucas County grand jury constitutes a continuing effort to deprive Mr. Garrett of his constitutional right to possess firearms.

Mr. Williams represents Mr. Garrett as his defense lawyer.

“This is a manufactured attack on the Second Amendment,” Mr. Williams said in a written interview. “When prosecutors realized they couldn’t legally charge Vontae Garrett for lawfully transporting a firearm, they created a bogus felony for receiving stolen property just

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