A Streator man was ordered held Friday in the La Salle County Jail after police seized a loaded 9-mm gun and a silencer.

Brenden Ortman, 20, appeared Friday in La Salle County Circuit Court and was presented with two charges: aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon without a firearm owner’s identification card.

The charge for the silencer is a Class 3 felony carrying three to five years in prison, while the gun charge is a Class 4 felony carrying one to three years. By statute, however, the Class 4 count includes no possibility of probation.

Ortman was charged after a state police trooper conducted a traffic stop Thursday and found a “ghost gun” with an extended magazine – the gun was found to have a 9-mm round in the chamber – and a silencer.

And although he wasn’t charged for possessing body armor, prosecutors said in open court that he was wearing it during the traffic stop.

Public Defender Ryan Hamer argued that there was no evidence any individual or group was threatened by the alleged acts. Ortman has no criminal history, Hamer said, and he scored a zero on a pretrial risk assessment.

“He has never been in trouble as an adult or a juvenile,” Hamer said, arguing that there are grounds to believe Ortman would comply with any terms of pretrial release.

La Salle County prosecutor Laura Hall asked for Ortman to be held, noting that the Class 4 felony is a detainable offense. The combination of the weapon, extended magazine, silencer and body armor comprised an active danger to the public, she said, and “I don’t think an ankle bracelet is sufficient.”

Judge Michael C. Jansz agreed and declined to release Ortman.

“Those are not the kinds of thing you do by accident,” the judge said. “People don’t just ride around with that.”

Ortman will next appear in court Dec. 4 for arraignment.