Suspected gang member caught with sawed-off shotgun
A suspected gang member was arrested after Oxnard police found him with a loaded sawed-off shotgun Monday.
According to the Oxnard Police Department, officers contacted a known gang member in his vehicle in the 500 block of North G Street just before 7:00 p.m. Monday. The subject was identified as 29-year-old Daniel Garcia of Oxnard. During the contact with Garcia, officers located a loaded sawed-off shotgun in his vehicle. The shotgun had been illegally modified with a barrel that has been shorten to a prohibited length. Garcia was arrested without incident during the counter.
Garcia has been charged with possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of loaded firearm in a vehicle. He was booked into the Ventura County Jail.