Traffic stop led to gun charges in Livermore

( KRON ) – A Stockton resident was arrested on numerous gun charges after a traffic stop, according to the Livermore Police Department.

Livermore police officers conducted a traffic stop on a Ford Ranger that was speeding on Patterson Pass Road around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Police learned that the driver had an active warrant for a weapons charge. This prompted a vehicle search that yielded multiple handguns.

The driver was identified as 46-year-old Stockton resident David Estes.

Estes was arrested and booked into the Santa Rita Jail for multiple charges including:

• Carrying a loaded firearm on a person or in a vehicle while in a public place
• Carry concealed weapon in a vehicle
• Own/receive/purchase/possess a firearm while on probation
• Carrying a loaded firearm when not the registered owner

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