Several arrested for firearm possession in Santa Maria
Caleb Nguyen
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria Police arrested several people for firearm possession this weekend.
The first came at 200 W. Williams Street where three teen boys walked, one of them being a gang member, according to the SMPD.
SMPD officers patted down the three boys and found one of them with an unserialized handgun before arresting him for weapons violations.
The second set of arrests came just after 11:30 p.m. Friday when SMPD officers conducted patrol with several gang members.
Officers found a shotgun in a car at 1000 N. Railroad at Atkinson Park and took various suspects into custody without incident.