Merced felon arrested -- again -- with an illegal gun, police say

A felon who was released a week ago after illegally possessing a gun was arrested again Monday with a firearm he's not supposed to have, according to Merced police.

A Merced officer in the area of Black Rascal Creek and Highway 59 investigated a "suspicious vehicle" around 7:15 a.m. Monday, police said.

The officer recognized Alan Febbie, 58, of Merced and knew he was on active probation, police said. Because he's on probation, the officer searched the man and found a 9 mm bullet in Febbie's pocket, and arrested him on suspicion of possessing ammunition, a violation of his probation.

Upon searching his truck, police found two 9 mm handguns under the hood, another violation of his probation, police said. He was ultimately arrested for the alleged possession of the guns.

Febbie was arrested on Oct. 15 for illegally possessing a gun and was released from Merced County Jail a week ago, according to jail records. He was arrested at least one other time in Merced County, accused of the same crime, records show.

He also has several drug-related arrests on his jail sheet.

Police Officers are asking anyone with any information regarding this incident to contact Officer Marshall at (209) 388-7748, or the Merced Police Department Tipster Line at (209) 385-4725. The public can send information via anonymous text messages to police department by dialing “TIP411” (847411) and including the word “ComVIP” as the “keyword” in the text message.

This story was originally published October 30, 2017 at 2:22 PM with the headline "Merced felon arrested -- again -- with an illegal gun, police say."