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Male Arrested for Possessing a Loaded Handgun

On June 26, 2021, at approximately 10:52 a.m., patrol officers contacted a male, later identified as 25-year-old Eric Rivera of Panorama City, standing next to a parked vehicle in the parking lot of a motel on the 1400 block of E Colorado St.  The officers noticed the vehicle did not have an expiration year tab attached to the license plate and asked Rivera if the vehicle belonged to him, which he stated it did.

While speaking with Rivera, officers could see a methamphetamine pipe in plain view inside of his vehicle.  Officers conducted a records check of Rivera that revealed he had an outstanding arrest warrant for resisting arrest by force.  During a search of Rivera’s vehicle, officers recovered the methamphetamine pipe, but also located a loaded handgun without a serial number under some items on the front passenger seat.

Rivera stated he did not know there was a firearm in his vehicle and that it did not belong to him.  Rivera was subsequently arrested and booked for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, possession of drug paraphernalia and for his outstanding arrest warrant.