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Probation search in Brentwood leads to firearm arrest

April 25, 2023 By Publisher 1 Comment

Confiscated firearm and bullets. Photos: Brentwood PD

By Brentwood Police Department

Last week our Officers conducted a suspicious vehicle stop in the 4000 block of Walnut Boulevard, after one of the officers saw what appeared to be a male subject passed out in a vehicle. The occupant of the vehicle, 32-year-old Eric Freitas, was found to be on probation out of Contra Costa County. A search of the vehicle revealed a box of .22 ammunition on the floorboard behind the seat and within reach of Freitas. A backpack, behind where Freitas’ was seated, was also located. Inside of the backpack was a modified flare gun capable of firing shotgun shells.

In addition to his probation terms, officers also discovered Freitas was a convicted felon prohibiting from possessing such items.

 

Filed Under: Crime, East County, News

Comments

  1. Abraham lincoln says

    May 10, 2023 at 2:14 am

    Do not pass go ,give that man a bunk and a set of yellows

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