Posted on 11/19/2014 1:53:34 PM PST by BenLurkin
NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA.com) — A man and a woman faced multiple weapons charges Wednesday after Newport Beach police found seven AK-47 assault rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in their vehicle, authorities said.
The discovery was made during a traffic stop on Nov. 14 at approximately 8:48 pm near the intersection of Bristol Street South and Irvine Avenue, according to Newport Beach Police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella.
An officer observed a green Dodge Caravan leaving a gas station with expired registration and an unspecified equipment violation, Manzella said.
The officer conducted a vehicle stop and determined that the driver had a suspended license and that the vehicle’s other occupant was on probation, according to police.
A search of the van revealed that there were a total of seven AK-47 assault rifles, six 30-round high-capacity 7.62 caliber magazines, two 10-round magazines, and over 350 rounds of 7.62 caliber ammunition inside, police said.
One of those rifles had been reported stolen out of the state of Georgia, and all the rifles were modified to fire in fully automatic mode, according to Manzella. The barrel on one of the weapons had been sawed off shorter than 16 inches in violation of California state law.
The search also revealed drug paraphernalia, burglary tools, and a notebook with identity theft information inside the van, according to Manzella.
Officers arrested Andrew Cardiel, 42, of Banning, and Heather Gurule, 30, of Yucaipa, were arrested on several charges including transporting a machine gun, possession of a short-barreled rifle, possession of high-capacity magazines, and conspiracy.
Cardiel was also charged with possession of burglary tools, possession of drug paraphernalia, false evidence of registration and driving on a suspended license.
Both suspects were being held on $500,000 bail.
A couple of I.E. dirtbags trolling over by John Wayne Airport for people/homes/businesses they could rob?
Throw the book at them!
(I.E. = Inland Empire, referring to the area they’re from)
F&F weapons..?
Hmmm.....
Unfortunately, due to hoplophobia, monumental ignorance and poor reporting on the part of the news media we may never know.
Road trip to Ferguson cut short?
I sure hope they don't look in the trunk of MY car...
I wonder what their grounds for searching the vehicle were.
Oops. I guess they were not.
But they had been modified.
Sagging springs?
“...and all the rifles were modified to fire in fully automatic mode...”
Probably very crudely done, might not have been capable of semi-auto afterward.
I was thinking the same thing at first, but if you are on Probation, they can Search the vehicle you are in or the place you are at whenever they want
“An officer observed a green Dodge Caravan leaving a gas station with expired registration and an unspecified equipment violation”
How do you get the porch back to your house?
Fergusson was my first thought as well. Doesn’t sound like they were on their way to the November Astronomy and Science Faire.
Tip line was involved(I bet).
“I wonder what their grounds for searching the vehicle were.”
No tags, no dr license. The vehicle was to be impounded. SOP to inventory the vehicle contents.
Same will happen to anyone in any of the 50 states if they do the same thing.
The driver and presumably owner of the vehicle wasn’t on probation.
First tipped via text intercept, then patiently tailed for parallel reconstruction.
I have no sympathy. They sound like a couple of crooks. Probably stolen weapons that they were taking somewhere to sell.
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