Petaluma Police Department
News Release
For Immediate Release
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Issued by: Lt. Nick McGowan, 707-778-4325, [email protected]
Incident: Subject Arrested for Possessing a Firearm Downtown
Report Number: 22-0290
Occurred Date: January 22, 2022
Occurred Time: 11:58 PM
Location: Kentucky Street, 100 block
Suspect: Jonathan Sawyers, age 37 (Petaluma resident)
Charges: Possession of a Firearm in a Public Place, 25850(c)(1) PC
Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, 25850(c)(6) PC
Felon in Possession of a Firearm, 29800(a)(1) PC
Incident Summary
On January 22, 2022, at approximately 11:58 PM, the Petaluma Police Department received a report of a subject brandishing a firearm in Downtown Petaluma. The reporting party advised the Police Department the subject pointed the gun at another individual inside a bar on Kentucky Street. Officers responded to the bar, and numerous patrons identified Jonathan Sawyers as the subject with the firearm.
Officers detained Sawyers without incident and retrieved a Glock pistol from his back pocket. The firearm was loaded and unregistered. Sawyers was arrested for possession of a firearm in public, possession of an unregistered firearm, and felon in possession of a firearm.
The Petaluma Police Department wants to thank the reporting party and community members who assisted the officers in identifying Sawyers, locating the firearm, and removing a firearm before it was used in a violent crime.
