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Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who's currently on trial on charges including sexual abuse of a minor, was charged Sunday with illegal possession of a handgun.

Prosecutors in the Dominican Republic have filed a formal charge of illegal possession of a firearm against Rays shortstop Wander Franco and requested a trial, several publications reported Sunday. The charge stems from an altercation Franco had in November in San Juan de la Maguana with a man in the parking lot of an apartment building.