Crime & Safety
Police Seize Loaded Firearm In Traffic Stop
Santa Rosa police recovered a loaded handgun Thursday evening and arrest Solano County teen.
ROHNERT PARK-COTATI, CA —Santa Rosa Police arrested a 19-year-old prohibited from carrying firearms after finding a loaded handgun in his car during a traffic stop.
Officers from the Santa Rosa Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team stopped the vehicle near Santa Rosa Avenue and Yolanda Avenue about 8 p.m. Thursday.
During the traffic stop, a K-9 police dog detected an unregistered .40-caliber handgun in the center console of teen's vehicle.
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Police arrested the driver, Airiden Wilkerson, of Dixon.
Dixon had been arrested in Solano County and was barred from having or carrying a firearm. Police transported him to the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility.
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The Special Enforcement Team targets illegal gun possession and gun violence in Santa Rosa.
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