BERKELEY (CBS SF) — A person who allegedly threatened one other individual in Berkeley was stopped for suspicion of DUI and located to have had a loaded gun in his possession, police mentioned Thursday.
The incidents occurred within the early morning hours on Tuesday. Berkeley police mentioned at 1:44 a.m., officers responded after an individual reported being approached by a suspect within the car parking zone of a enterprise on the 800 block of Potter Road.
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The suspect had his palms close to his waistband and demanded the individual come over to him. The sufferer, involved the suspect was armed with a weapon, ran from the suspect and known as police.
The sufferer identified the suspect to arriving officers and the suspect began to drive away in a car that had noticeable front-end harm as if it had been in a current collision, police mentioned.
When officers stopped the car and contacted the motive force, they observed a number of indicators of intoxication. A search of the suspect’s car turned up a loaded handgun hidden beneath the entrance seat and with its serial quantity scratched off, police mentioned.
Following a sequence of sobriety assessments, the unidentified suspect – a 43-year-old Vallejo man – was arrested on suspicion of driving below the affect, being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a hid weapon, amongst different offenses.
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On Wednesday, the Alameda County District Lawyer’s Workplace charged him with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a loaded firearm, driving below the affect, and driving below the affect with a BAC over 0.08% in addition to a prison enhancement for refusing a chemical take a look at.
