DATE/TIME: March 15, 2023 / 7:46 a.m.
INCIDENT: Possession of a Loaded-Unregistered Handgun and Possession of Stolen Property.
LOCATION: Brookstone Avenue and Pleasant View Street, Hesperia
SUSPECT(S): Cristhian SalgadoGutierrez, 27-year-old, resident of Hesperia
SUMMARY: On March 15, 2023, at about 7:34 a.m., deputies from the Hesperia Police Department were dispatched to the intersection of Brookstone Avenue and Pleasant View Street, in reference to a Hispanic male adult asleep behind the wheel of a BMW X5. Upon arrival, deputies observed the BMW stopped in the roadway with the driver, Cristhian SalgadoGutierrez, asleep in the driver seat, with the engine on. While SalgadoGutierrez was being detained, pending further investigation, deputies located a loaded-unregistered handgun between the driver's seat and center console. During a vehicle search, deputies located a battery powered cutting tool and three additional saw blades. Also located in the BMW was a catalytic converter that appeared to have been recently cut from a vehicle.
SalgadoGutierrez was arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center for violation of California Penal Code sections: 25850(C)(6) - Possession of a loaded-unregistered handgun, 496(a) - Possession of stolen property and 466 - Possession of burglary tools.
It is unlawful for any person, other than a Core Recycler, as defined in California Business and Professions Code 21610, to possess any catalytic converter that is not attached to a vehicle, unless the person has valid proof of ownership of the catalytic converter.
Refer: Deputy M. Contreras and Deputy F. Zavala
Station: Hesperia Police Department
Phone No. (760) 947-1500
Case No. 192301763
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
