The SAPD arrested a suspect with plenty of guns and ammo at Carl Thornton Park

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Suspect Arrested At Park In Possession Of Loaded Firearm, Multiple Magazines And Stolen Property

On December 10, 2018, at approximately 6:38 PM, the Santa Ana Police Department received a call for service reference criminal threats. According to the calling party, an unknown male had used unknown means to force entry into a storage room at Carl Thornton Park. When the calling party contacted the male suspect, he threatened the calling party saying he had a “strap.”

When officers contacted the male, he was uncooperative and a minor use of force occurred.

A search of the storage room, which the suspect had made into a living quarter revealed a plethora of stolen items. A loaded 45-caliber stolen handgun, approximately 18 magazines of various calibers all loaded with ammunition and a weight vest with the weights removed and replaced with loaded magazines, which had been placed in the weight pockets for easy access. One of the magazines was an extended magazine, which holds 31 rounds of 9 mm ammunition.

The suspect was arrested and transported to the Santa Ana Detention Facility where he was booked for various weapons charges.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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