Livingston felon jailed after officers found multiple guns in his home, police say
A Livingston man was jailed overnight Friday after officers found multiple guns in his home, police reported.
Officers in Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit “developed information” that 36-year-old Angel Vasquez kept guns in his homes, Sgt. Brian Rodriguez said in a news release.
Officers served a search warrant at Vasquez’s home in the 400 block of Lincoln Boulevard in Livingston and found two .22-caliber rifles, two shotguns, ammunition and packaged methamphetamine, police said.
Vasquez, who’s been convicted of a felony, is prohibited from possessing firearms, Rodriguez said.
He was arrested and booked into Merced County Jail for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and drug sales. Vasquez posted bond and was released from jail the next day, booking records show.
Merced Police ask anyone with any information regarding this crime to contact Gang Violence Suppression Unit Sgt. Brian Rodriguez at 209-385-4710, or the Merced Police Department tipster line at 209-385-4725.
This story was originally published June 12, 2017 at 3:03 PM with the headline "Livingston felon jailed after officers found multiple guns in his home, police say."