Crime & Safety
Armed Convicted Felon Arrested During Lake Elsinore Traffic Stop
Robert Sean Lebrato, 38, was found with loaded handguns — one of them stolen — according to the sheriff's department.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A traffic stop Sunday night in Lake Elsinore ended in an arrest after a convicted felon was found with two loaded handguns and 2.9 grams of methamphetamine, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
The traffic stop on a white Ford Explorer was made at 9:17 p.m. along Riverside Drive and Eisenhower Drive, the department said.
A vehicle search was conducted, and the guns and drugs were found, according to the department.
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"One of the handguns was determined to be stolen from 2019 in the Hemet area," the sheriff's department said in a released report.
The driver, Robert Sean Lebrato, 38, was arrested on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms, possession of a controlled substance, receiving known stolen property, and prior felony convictions, according to jail records.
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He is being held at Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on $175,000 bail and is due in court Wednesday.
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