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BPD: Man discarded loaded firearm

Posted 5:34 PM, Oct 06, 2018

BPD arrested a man they say discarded a loaded firearm when officers attempted to make contact.

It happened on October 5 around 9:30 p.m. According to BPD, officers attempted to make contact with two subjects on Quincy St. and Virginia St. in East Bakersfield. One of the subjects discarded a loaded firearm, and both subjects fled on foot. The two were apprehended a short distance away. Officers were also able to recover the firearm and determined that it was unregistered. 

22-year-old Emanual Melchor was arrested for several firearm violations and resisting arrest. 25-year-old Reginald Stansberry was arrested for resisting/ obstructing officers. 

 

Bakersfield, CA

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