‘Could have ended very differently’: Drunk man in traffic stop arrest had fully loaded gun, body armor, say Vallejo police

( KRON ) — The Vallejo Police Department said a man wanted for a DUI case in Orange County was drunk while driving with a concealed and fully loaded Glock 17 during a traffic stop arrest on Saturday.

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Patrol officers said when they pulled over a male driver in a black Chevrolet Tahoe without a front California license plate, “he showed obvious signs of intoxication.”

When the man was being removed from his vehicle by police, officers found he was wearing body armor under his clothing. Police then quickly spotted that “he had a fully loaded Glock 17 with an extended magazine in a concealed holster on his hip.”

Vallejo PD said the driver’s car was towed away from the scene and they collected the body armor, registered gun and loaded high-capacity magazines as case evidence.

The unidentified driver was booked into Solano County Jail and faces several charges, including suspicion of DUI and possession of a firearm…

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