Deputies Seize Guns and Narcotics After Responding to a Call of Man Displaying a Gun in a Car
DATE/TIME: Saturday, April 16, 2022, 5:57 p.m.
INCIDENT: Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed, Altering a Firearm Identification Mark, Transporting/Selling a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance for Sale, Carrying a Loaded Handgun: Not the Owner
LOCATION: 14800 block of Bear Valley Road, Victorville
SUSPECT(S): Jacob Fernandez, 19-year-old resident of Hesperia
Gabriel Luna, 24-year-old resident of Hesperia
Armando McElroy, 20-year-old resident of Hesperia
Terry Lopez, 20-year-old resident of Hesperia
VICTIM(S): State of California
SUMMARY: On Saturday, April 26, 2022, at approximately 5:57 p.m., deputies assigned to the Victorville Station responded to the parking lot of a restaurant in the 14800 block of Bear Valley Road, reference a subject inside a vehicle displaying firearms.
Upon arrival, deputies contacted the driver, Jacob Fernandez, who had a concealed firearm inside the front door panel of the vehicle and a passenger, Gabriel Luna, who had a concealed firearm on his person. Two additional passengers were inside the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, several individually packaged pills were found along with a digital scale.
All four subjects were placed under arrest. Jacob Fernandez and Gabriel Luna were arrested on five felony charges: HS1351 Possession of a Controlled Substance for Sale, HS11352(A) Transporting a Controlled Substance, HS11370.1(A) Possession of a Controlled Substance While Armed, PC23900 Altering a Firearm’s Identification Mark, PC25850(C)(6) Carrying a Loaded Handgun: Not the Owner. Armando McElroy and Terry Lopez were each arrested on two felony charges: HS11351 Possession of a Controlled Substance for Sale, HS 11352(A) Transporting/Selling a Controlled Substance.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: T. Blake, Media Relations
Station: Victorville Police Department
Phone No. (760) 241-2911
Case No. 172204443
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Address/Location
SBSD - Victorville Police Department
14200 Amargosa Rd
Victorville, CA 92392
Contact
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