Mattoon Police arrested 29 year old Jimmie D. Bickers II, of Bargersville, Indiana, in the 200 block of Broadway Avenue in Mattoon Friday morning.
Bickers is charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon. Charges allege that Bickers, who is a convicted felon, was in possession of loaded 9mm handgun and that he was carrying the weapon in his waistband while walking in public.