The Saline County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 21-year-old man Friday evening after finding illegal firearms in a car that had been wrecked.

Captain Roger Soldan said deputies were sent to E. North Street, just east of Simpson Road, at about 8:30 p.m. to check on a possible accident.

When they arrived, they found a 2002 Toyota Camry with extensive damage to the drivers side of the car.

The driver, Patrick S. Bryan, said the car rolled into a ditch after he tried to avoid hitting a deer. Bryan, and three passengers in the car, were not hurt, and pushed the car onto its wheels and tried to drive on, but the car was disabled.

Deputies, in talking with the passengers, two teen boys and a teenage girl, learned that Bryan had pulled the emergency brake on the car causing the car to lose control.

Bryan also reportedly got out a rifle and began firing it.

Deputies did recover a sawed off rifle and sawed off shotgun. Both had the serial numbers grounded off. A small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were also recovered.

Bryan was booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges of reckless driving, false information or report concerning an accident, defacing identification marks on a firearm, criminal discharge of firearm from a public road, defacing identification marks on a firearm, three counts of endangering a child, contributing to a child’s misconduct, and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.