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Pittsburg: Traffic Stop Nets Arrest of Three Juveniles With Loaded Firearm

by ECT

The Pittsburg Police Department announced that on Saturday April 16, a traffic stop netted the arrest of three juveniles who had a loaded firearm in the vehicle.

The incident occurred just before midnight, when a patrol officer in the Parkside area made a traffic enforcement stop.

According to the police department, the driver of the vehicle provided a false name and through the investigation, a loaded Jennings .22 semiautomatic firearm was located beneath the seat of one of the passengers.

Three of the occupants were arrested for various crimes and there is one less illegally possessed firearm in the streets of Pittsburg.

Police said Sunday, the three occupants were all juveniles with 2 from Oakland and 1 from Brentwood. The ages were not provided.

No further information was provided.

April 11: Loaded .38 caliber located in vehicle
During the early morning hours of Monday April 11th, a Pittsburg Police Department patrol officer was patrolling the area of Americana Park when she observed two males sitting in a vehicle. The males were contacted and the driver was found to have a loaded .38 caliber revolver lying on his lap.

He was taken into custody and another illegally possessed firearm was taken off the streets of Pittsburg.

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3 comments

North Clayton Resident Apr 17, 2016 - 8:35 pm

Wow this is odd, the typical Brentwoodites aren’t talking there regular nonsense about criminals coming into their town from Oakland, Pittsburg and Richmond.

SMH Apr 17, 2016 - 10:08 pm

Good job PPD

Lauren Levels Apr 18, 2016 - 10:24 am

Oakland, Richmond, Vallejo filth invading our cities

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