Police: Beer-drinking teen disposes of beer can - and a gun

Boston Police report that when the 19-year-old told officers who caught up with him why he ran away from them last night while holding a can of beer, it was because he didn't want to get in trouble for drinking in public.

Unfortunately for Kenwins Pimentel, 19, of Jamaica Plain, those officers heard the sound of two metal objects landing as if they'd just been tossed as they chased him from his perch outside 85 School St. last night, police say.

Believing that the suspect may have discarded a firearm, officers conducted a search of the area with the assistance of a ballistic detecting canine where the sound of the heavy object was heard and located a 9 MM firearm inside a sock.

In addition to being charged with illegal possession of a firearm, Pimentel was charged with illegal possession of ammunition for the round police say officers found in one of his pockets.

Innocent, etc.