Alleged Gang Member Arrested For Drugs, Gun In Motel

Police arrested an alleged gang member from Healdsburg early Saturday morning after they discovered illegal drugs and a stolen gun inside a Santa Rosa motel room.

At 12:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to a Motel 6, located at 3145 Cleveland Ave. for a report of unwanted guests, police said.

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According to the hotel, the person to whom the room was registered was not actually inside the room, which is a violation of the hotel’s policy, police said.

Managers had asked the guests to leave several times, but the occupants failed to comply, according to police.

When officers arrived, management requested assistance in removing several of the guests from the motel’s property, police said. As officers checked the room, they noticed what they suspected to be narcotics on a table, according to police. When asked by police, none of the guests admitted to owning the narcotics.

A following search of the room led police to find additional illegal narcotics as well as a loaded, stolen semi-automatic handgun, police said.

Police arrested the suspected gang member, identified as 19-year-old Antonio Resendez of Healdsburg, on suspicion of possession of a firearm, receiving and possessing stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and participating in a criminal street gang.

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