Police Seize 165+ Guns, 3D Printers In Cloverdale Home With Woman, Child

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Police detectives seized more than 165 firearms and three 3D printers in the home of a Cloverdale man suspected of manufacturing firearms at his home, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.

Police arrested the man early Monday following a traffic stop and served search warrants at two Cloverdale homes where he lived part-time, police said.

About five minutes later, at 5:20 a.m., detectives served a warrant at a home in the 100 block of Garden Circle, where they found a woman and a young child.

Officers removed 36 firearms — many loaded and unsecured — along with privately manufactured high-capacity magazines, a 3D printer, and printing materials used to make firearms, according to police. The child remained in the woman’s custody, police said.

At about 5:45 a.m., detectives served a second warrant at a home in the 100 block of Treadway Court, where the man also stayed. There, officers found more firearms, high-capacity magazines, two additional 3D printers, printing materials, and a laptop tied to the operation, police said.

In total, detectives seized three 3D printers, more than 20 high-capacity magazines, 10 assault weapons, and 157 handguns in various stages of assembly. Many of the handguns consisted of lower receivers, which California law defines as firearms because they are the core serialized component of a weapon. Police said the operation included privately manufactured, unserialized firearms commonly known as “ghost guns.”

Authorities booked the man into the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility on suspicion of possessing a loaded and concealed firearm, manufacturing and possessing assault weapons, manufacturing high-capacity magazines, possessing firearms with obliterated serial numbers, manufacturing firearms without serial numbers, using a 3D printer to manufacture firearms, and felony child endangerment.

The Property Crimes Investigations Team, which focuses on complex cases including firearms trafficking and fraud, seized 88 illegally possessed firearms in 2025, many of them ghost guns, police said.