Crime & Safety
Stolen Gun Retrieved During Downtown Arrest
A man who fled a car in downtown San Leandro was arrested for alleged possession of a stolen 9 mm handgun early Sunday morning.
A San Pablo man was jailed for gun possession today after a foot chase that began during a traffic stop in downtown San Leandro early Sunday morning.
San Leandro police say that at 12:49 am, an officer made a traffic stop on a Honda Accord. The vehicle, which was occupied by two male passengers, was pulled over on Washington Avenue near Parrott Street.
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When the passenger fled the car on foot, police set up a perimeter and searched the area.
During the foot chase police say that the subject, later identified as Francisco Patino, 22, of San Pablo, removed a handgun from his waistband and tried to throw it under a nearby vehicle.
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Patino was taken into custody without incident. The 9 mm handgun recovered during the incident was loaded and was reported stolen out of Placer County.
The driver of the vehicle was identified and released at the scene.
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