On Friday, April 19th, at approximately 7:30 p.m., officers from the Oxnard Special Enforcement Unit (Gang Unit) observed a juvenile, documented criminal street gang member in a parked vehicle. The officers recognized the juvenile, 16-year-old male Oxnard resident and knew the juvenile to be on probation for firearms possession. The officers contacted the juvenile who was seated in the driver’s seat. There were two additional juveniles in the vehicle with the driver.
The officers confirmed the juvenile’s probation and then removed the juvenile from the vehicle to exercise his search terms. The juvenile admitted to being in possession of a handgun that was concealed on his person.
The officer confiscated the handgun which was a loaded Smith & Wesson M&P 5.7 handgun with a threaded barrel. A threaded pistol barrel allows the firearm to accept a flash suppressor, or silencer and fit the definition of “assault weapon”, per 30515 of the California Penal Code, The juvenile also had specific gang and weapons terms, prohibiting him from possessing weapons.
In addition to the threaded barrel, the firearms serial number had been obliterated and was unable to be identified which is an additional felony. The juvenile was arrested for various firearms violations. The additional juveniles in the vehicle were released from the scene.