Call To Fairfield Cops For Suspicious Door-Knocker Leads To Arrest

From the Fairfield Police Department:

On Friday, January 23, 2015 at about 2:20 am, Fairfield Police Officers responded to the 300 block of Atlantic Avenue for a report of an unidentified subject ringing the doorbell and turning the door knob of a residence.

As the officers arrived, they saw a subject walking away from the residence. The subject ignored the officers orders to stop, and ran away east on Atlantic Avenue.

Officers ran after him and saw the subject was keeping one hand inside the front pocket of his hoodie as he ran. Fearing the suspect was carrying a weapon; officers deployed their Tasers in an attempt to stop the suspect. Unfortunately the Taser was ineffective and he continued to run away.

As the suspect ran onto Heather Drive from Atlantic Avenue, officers saw him throw a handgun into the yard of a residence.

Officers were able to catch up with the suspect and after a short struggle, he was taken into custody. The handgun the suspect threw, a .22 caliber revolver with the serial number filed off, was recovered and booked as evidence.

Arrested and booked at the Solano County Jail was 23 -year-old Fairfield resident Phillip Liberto. In addition to being booked for Possession of a Concealed Firearm, Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm with Removed Serial Numbers, and Resisting Arrest, Liberto was found to be in violation of the terms of his Post Community Release Community Supervision (PCRS).

This incident is an example of an alert resident calling the Police Department to report suspicious activity. Because of that call, officers were able to take a gun off our streets and put an obviously dangerous felon in jail.

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