Santa Clara Sheriff Seizes Arsenal of Guns and Explosives

<p>The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Gun Violence Task Force and sheriff’s deputies raided a San Jose home last Wednesday&comma; seizing an arsenal of weapons and explosives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Christopher Paul Roberts&comma; a 37-year-old resident of the 2200 block of Bailey Avenue&comma; was arrested and charged with&comma; among other crimes&comma; explosive and assault weapon felonies<strong>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our neighborhoods will not be treated as weapon manufacturing factories or war zones&comma;” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thank the brave investigators&comma; ATF agents&comma; and deputies who put their lives on the line to make sure these dangerous and illegal weapons don’t make their way into the hands of criminals&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The DA-led team raided the home early Wednesday morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Using a search warrant&comma; they found&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Pounds of explosive material&comma; ready for manufacturing<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Housings&comma; caps&comma; fuses&comma; and mixing components for explosives<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Completed explosives<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Narcotics&colon; Heroin<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Four firearms&comma; including a ghost gun assault rifle<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Ammunition<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>The Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force is a special unit comprised of investigators&comma; officers&comma; and deputies from various departments that work to take weapons out of the hands of the suicidal or mentally ill&comma; felons&comma; and persons subject to protective orders&comma; like the suspect in this case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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