DATE: January 3, 2019
LOCATION: 100-Blk Dixon Road
CASE #: 19-003-169
SUSPECT: Sebastian Ruben Santillan, 20-year-old, male, Milpitas resident
VEHICLE: 2000 Gray BMW 528
On January 3, 2019, at 8:44 P.M., a Milpitas Police officer saw Sebastian Santillan driving and fail to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Dixon Road. The officer initiated a traffic enforcement stop for the stop sign violation.
During the course of the stop, Santillan told the officer he had a firearm in his car, and the officer saw the firearm under the driver seat. Additional officers responded and Santillan was taken into custody without incident.
In the Santillan’s car, officers found a loaded Glock G22 .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol with a fully loaded 30 round magazine inserted into the magazine well and two additional fully loaded high capacity pistol magazines. An illegal quantity of Marijuana, a switchblade style knife, and brass knuckles were also located.
Santillan was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for carrying a concealed firearm, possession of high capacity magazines, possession of an unregistered firearm, possession of a switchblade knife, possession of brass knuckles, and possession of Marijuana.
If you have any information regarding this investigation; then you are encouraged to call the Milpitas Police Department at (408) 586-2400. Additionally, the information can be given anonymously by calling the Crime Tip Hotline at (408) 586-2500 or via the Milpitas Police Department website at: http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov/crimetip
Press Release By: Lieutenant John Torrez #209
Date/Time: January 3, 2019; 11:26 P.M.
