WIU students arrested on weapons charges
Posted: 12.13.2008 at 9:26 PM

2 students free on bond after loaded weapons found in truck

MACOMB, IL (AP) -- Two Western Illinois University students are free on bond. They face felony charges for a bag of weapons found in their pickup truck.

25-year-old Bryce A. Standley of Macomb and 20-year-old Nicholas R. Holik Jr. of Mount Prospect had two rifles and two loaded pistols, all with silencers.  They also allegedly had night-vision goggles, gas masks and ammunition.

A McDonough County deputy pulled the truck over for speeding  An attorney for one of the men told a judge the men were coyote hunting and target shooting.

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