(KRON) — The Santa Rosa Police Department (SRPD) said a traffic stop on Thursday led to the arrest of a 28-year-old Stockton man with a loaded and unregistered Glock 9mm handgun.
Santa Rosa PD said an officer made the traffic enforcement stop at 5:36 p.m. while patrolling on Airway Drive. The officer said they smelled “freshly burnt marijuana” when approaching the vehicle, then spotted “loose marijuana” on the car’s center console.
Santa Rosa PD said the suspect, later identified as Marcello Morel, did not have a valid driver’s license. Police said Marcel was asked to perform several field sobriety tests, where it was determined that he was not impaired.
However, police said Marcel was driving “with partially burnt marijuana blunts and numerous open containers of alcohol in the passenger area” of his car.
Santa Rosa PD said a further search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded Glock 9mm handgun and “29 rounds of ammunition” hidden in a backpack on the front passenger floorboard. Investigators said it was discovered the gun was not registered to Morel.
Santa Rosa police said Morel was arrested and booked into Sonoma County Jail for the following charges:
- 25850(a) PC – Carrying a loaded firearm in public
- 25400(a)(1) PC – Carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle
- 25850(c)(6) PC – Carrying a loaded handgun while not the registered owner
SRPD also said in the social post on X that the department increased its seizure of illegally possessed firearms last year “by 51 percent by taking 390 firearms off the streets. Of those guns, 124 were privately manufactured firearms commonly known as ‘ghost guns.’ This was a 125% increase in ghost gun seizures over 2023.”
(KRON) — The Santa Rosa Police Department (SRPD) said a traffic stop on Thursday led to the arrest of a 28-year-old Stockton man with a loaded and unregistered Glock 9mm handgun. Santa Rosa PD said an officer made the traffic enforcement stop at 5:36 p.m. while patrolling on Airway Drive. The officer said they smelled […]
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