Posted on 06/20/2018 9:43:04 AM PDT by Simon Green
A search of a felons home in Agua Dulce led Los Angeles County sheriffs 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 communitys 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 departments 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 Sheriffs 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.
Sheriffs detectives plan to present a case to the district attorneys office for prosecution, officials said.
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.
He simply needed a bigger boat.
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...
Is his citizenship status mentioned?
Caption:
“I’ve got dibs on this one ritcheer!”
wow, fewer than the classified documents on hillary clintons illegal email server....
Enforcing the law against a real felon? Who’d a thunk such a thing?
Probably supplying gangs
Would like more to know how many of those guns were stolen
Yes that would be a good place to start
More likely receiving stolen guns from gangs. Not many gangstas want a Mosin-Nagant.
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