19-year-old arrested in Santa Rosa after unregistered gun found during traffic stop
Santa Rosa police searched the car and allegedly found a gun inside a postage box bearing the driver's name. (Courtesy of the Santa Rosa Police Department)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A 19-year-old from Petaluma was arrested on Sunday afternoon after police in Santa Rosa allegedly found an unregistered gun during a traffic stop.
A Santa Rosa Police Department officer on patrol on the northbound side of Highway 101 stopped a Toyota sedan for an unspecified "vehicle code violation," according to a department statement.
During the stop, a passenger in the car allegedly admitted to the officer that he had ammunition in his pocket.
"A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a semi-automatic Glock 26 handgun concealed inside a postage box bearing the driver’s name," the SRPD said. "The firearm was not registered to either occupant of the vehicle."
Police subsequently arrested the driver – identified as 19-year-old Halton Greenberg of Petaluma – and booked them into Sonoma County Jail for carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle and carrying a loaded firearm in a public place.