Santa Cruz Man Arrested For Loaded Gun After Traffic Stop

Police arrested and booked a man Sunday in Scotts Valley on weapons offenses and for violating probation, police said.

Twenty-one year old Santa Cruz resident Evan Aubrey-Boyd Dixon was arrested after police stopped a vehicle on Bethany Drive at about 11 p.m., according to police.

Police said that when they searched the occupants of the vehicle they found Dixon concealing a loaded .38 Special revolver, a large fixed blade knife and disposable latex gloves.

Police said Dixon is associated with Norteno criminal street gangs.

An expired vehicle registration prompted the stop by police.

Previous similar arrests recently in Santa Cruz County:

Another Man Busted During Traffic Stop, Arrested For Loaded Gun, Warrant

Expired Tags Lead To Arrest For Gun, Warrants

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