A Texas man was being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bail on gun violations after he was spotted in the parking lot of a Washington Township concrete supplier in the middle of the night, according to police.

Bayron Ivan Lopez, 27, of Houston, was arrested at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday after a township officer on patrol noticed an suspicious light moving around in the parking lot of C E Ready Mix on North Washington Road.

The officer said in court papers that he found four men in the parking lot who said they were contractors cleaning dried concrete out of trucks. A small amount of marijuana was found in their vehicle and a handgun was seized from a backpack belonging to Lopez, according to court papers.

Lopez previously was convicted of aggravated robbery, a felony, which prohibits him from having a firearm, police said. Lopez told police he bought the weapon in Arkansas to protect his wife, who reportedly was the victim of a recent crime, according to court papers.

He did not have an attorney listed in online court records. A Dec. 9 preliminary hearing is set.

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