Solano County Deputies Seize Loaded Handgun, Magazines During Traffic Stop
VALLEJO, CA — “Deputies from the Solano County Sheriff’s Office Vallejo contract conducted a traffic stop for mechanical CVC violations.
The suspect vehicle initially accelerated away before abruptly stopping in the 700 block of 5th St. Two unidentified occupants exited the vehicle and ran away. Unfortunately they were not apprehended. The driver and rear passenger remained in the vehicle and were detained.
A loaded rifle with a 30-round magazine was in plain view on the rear passenger floorboard. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, deputies located a loaded handgun with a 40-round magazine.
The occupants of the vehicle were arrested and booked into jail. The two unidentified suspects remain at large while this case is being investigated.”
