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L.A. sheriff's detectives seize more than 500 firearms from felon's home
The San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | 06/18/18 | Richard Winton

Posted on 06/20/2018 9:43:04 AM PDT by Simon Green

A search of a felon’s home in Agua Dulce led Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators to a stash of more than 500 firearms, marking one of the largest seizures from a person forbidden by law from possessing guns.

Investigators raided the home of Manuel Fernandez after getting a tip that he had an arsenal of firearms. After entering the property early Thursday, they found a staggering number of weapons, including rifles, shotguns and handguns, some decades old.

Fernandez, 60, was arrested after the raid, during which investigators found 432 guns. A search the next day uncovered 91 firearms concealed in the house. Investigators also seized electronics used to purchase the weapons.

The investigation led detectives to a woman linked to the firearms purchases. While she was not home, detectives recovered 30 guns from her home, officials said.

“The case is a testament to the community’s involvement in reducing crime and taking guns out of the hands of criminals,” Sheriff Jim McDonnell said, citing it as a positive example of the department’s “see something, say something” campaign.

Fernandez was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of firearms, a felon in possession of ammunition and possession of large-capacity magazines. His bail was set at $35,000, and he bonded out of jail on Friday.

The Sheriff’s Department and the California Department of Justice found so many guns that they asked the Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives for assistance. Investigators spent days checking the weapons to try to determine their history.

Sources familiar with the investigation said the owner seems to be a firearms collector as opposed to someone about to use the guns for violence.

Sheriff’s detectives plan to present a case to the district attorney’s office for prosecution, officials said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; california
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To: Bonemaker
Probably some nice stuff in there that the filthy bastards will destroy.

J. M. Davis Arms and historical Museum.

21 posted on 06/20/2018 10:31:49 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Simon Green

Yet another citizen denied his second amendment rights. I wish he’d used some of them to stop the people who stole them from him.


22 posted on 06/20/2018 10:39:34 AM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: Simon Green

He simply needed a bigger boat.


23 posted on 06/20/2018 10:42:15 AM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: 11th_VA

I wonder if there a shooting range in Agua Dulce, or do folks just go into the desert and shoot at a berm.

This guy should be the range owner, if there is one. And think of the cleaning supplies...


24 posted on 06/20/2018 11:00:44 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: Simon Green

Is his citizenship status mentioned?


25 posted on 06/20/2018 11:16:00 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Simon Green

Caption:

“I’ve got dibs on this one ritcheer!”


26 posted on 06/20/2018 1:11:02 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Simon Green

wow, fewer than the classified documents on hillary clintons illegal email server....


27 posted on 06/20/2018 5:09:37 PM PDT by elbook
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To: Simon Green

Enforcing the law against a real felon? Who’d a thunk such a thing?


28 posted on 06/20/2018 8:39:52 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Bonemaker

Probably supplying gangs


29 posted on 06/20/2018 8:41:14 PM PDT by Figment
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To: easternsky

Would like more to know how many of those guns were stolen


30 posted on 06/20/2018 8:43:09 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Figment

Yes that would be a good place to start


31 posted on 06/20/2018 10:59:21 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Figment

More likely receiving stolen guns from gangs. Not many gangstas want a Mosin-Nagant.


32 posted on 06/21/2018 2:52:44 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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