Man who pulled a gun on driver arrested after 6 pounds of marijuana found: police

( KRON ) – Two firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and six pounds of marijuana were located by the Santa Rosa Police Department after a man vandalized a car, the department announced on its social media.

At 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Santa Rosa PD responded to the 1600 block of Sendero Lane. Police were informed of a male suspect who was kicking and breaking the windows of a vehicle. The suspect subsequently took a firearm out of his white GMC pick-up and pointed it at the driver.

The suspect fled in his pickup truck. Police learned the license plate number of the assailant.

Officers located the truck and conducted a traffic stop. The driver was identified as 40-year-old Santa Rosa resident Francisco Javier Palomino Alvarez.

Police noticed a Glock 40 near the right front passenger seat within Alvarez’s reach. A search of the vehicle also yielded an extended magazine capable of holding 30 rounds of ammunition, an additional firearm with more than a hundred rounds of ammunition, multiple bottles of open alcoholic beverages and approximately six pounds of packaged marijuana.

Alvarez is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition due to a prior conviction, according to police.

After an evaluation, Alvarez was found to be under the influence of alcohol, according to Santa Rosa PD.

Alvarez was arrested and booked into Sonoma County Jail for the following charges:

• Assault with a deadly weapon, specifically a firearm
• Vandalism with damage greater than $400
• Felon in possession of a firearm
• Felon in possession of ammunition
• Possession of a firearm in a vehicle
• Possession of an extended magazine
• Driving under the influence
• Driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level of .08% or greater
• Possession of marijuana for sale

Due to the nature of the incident, the identity of the victim will remain anonymous, police said.

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