Petaluma Police Make Concealed Firearm Arrest In Parking Garage

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- Officers arrested a Rohnert Park man last week on suspicion of possession of a concealed firearm in a vehicle at a parking garage on Keller Street in Petaluma, police said. Petaluma officers did an extra patrol of the parking garage around 10:12 p.m. Tuesday in response to complaints about alleged vandalism and drug use in the garage, police said.

During the patrol, the officers found a vehicle on the top floor with two people inside. The passenger was on active probation with full search and seizure terms, police said.

When the officers did a probation search of the passenger and the vehicle, the driver told them there was a firearm in the vehicle, according to police. Officers allegedly found an unloaded .38 Special revolver.

Carey Earles, 30, of Rohnert Park, the alleged driver, was arrested and booked in Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, police said.

By Bay City News Service

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