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SBSD - Victorville Police Department
Thursday May 21st, 2026 :: 06:48 p.m. PDT

Advisory

Deputies Recover Illegal, Fully Automatic Handgun During Victorville Investigation

DATE/TIME: Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 12:22 a.m.   

INCIDENT: PC 25850(A) – Carrying a Loaded Firearm
                   PC 32625(A) – Possession of a Machine Gun
 
LOCATION: 15000 block of Kimberly Drive, Victorville 

SUSPECT(S): Kenneth Hicks, 21-year-old, Resident of Victorville 
 

SUMMARY: On Thursday, May 21, 2026, at approximately 12:22 a.m., deputies from the Victorville Police Department responded to an apartment complex in the 15000 block of Kimberly Drive for a report of a man with a gun. 

Deputies arrived and contacted Kenneth Hicks, who was also the owner of a Chrysler 300 parked at the location. During a search of Hicks vehicle, deputies located a Glock handgun equipped with an illegal conversion device, which modified the firearm into a fully automatic weapon.

Kenneth Hicks was arrested and booked at the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto, for P.C. 25850(A) – Carrying a Loaded Firearm, and P.C. 32625(A) – Possession of a Machine Gun.

Anyone with information about this investigation is urged to contact the Victorville Police Station at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous should call or text “REPORT” to We-Tip at 844-909-3006.  Online reporting is also available at https://mobile.catapultems.com/sbcsd/Sites.


Refer: Deputy A. Martinez

Station: Victorville

Phone No. (760) 241-2911

Case No. DR# 172606378

SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Address/Location
SBSD - Victorville Police Department
14200 Amargosa Rd
Victorville, CA 92392

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700

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