Two arrested for criminal threats and possessing illegal weapons in El Centro
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The El Centro Police Department (ECPD) has announced the arrest of two people for making criminal threats and possessing illegal weapons.
ECPD says their night shift patrol officers stopped a white SUV in the area of 10th Street and Park Avenue after they received reports of a disturbance in the area of Broadway.
The occupants of the vehicle were detained, according to ECPD, and a K9 unit was deployed, leading them to find illegal weapons.
ECPD says they found a loaded 9mm Beretta APX A1 with a threaded barrel and three high-capacity magazines.
In addition, ECPD says one of the suspects made a criminal threat towards a teen.
This prompted ECPD to arrest the two suspects, one a young adult and the other a teen, for various charges and booked them into the Imperial County Jail and Imperial County Juvenile Hall.
