SANTA ROSA, CA — “On Saturday June 28, 2025, at 3:46p.m., the Santa Rosa Police Department was notified of an “explosion” that reportedly occurred earlier in the morning on the 300 block of Harvest Lane. Through an intensive and extensive investigation, Officers and Detectives learned the following:
Jonathan StJern is a 42-year-old Santa Rosa resident. In the early morning hours of Saturday June 28, 2025, while inside his bedroom at his apartment on the 300 block of Harvest Lane, he accidentally discharged a shotgun he personally modified and the blast went through a bedroom wall and into an occupied adjacent room of the same apartment. No one was injured. Officers learned StJern was on probation through Sonoma County with the specific term to not possess weapons. His probation terms allowed warrantless search and seizure by law enforcement.
At approximately 6:00 p.m., Santa Rosa Police Officers responded to the 300 block of Harvest Lane. Residents inside surrounding apartments were cooperative with officers and evacuated temporarily while officers attempted to contact StJern. Officers initially called into the residence and spoke with a roommate. While doing so, StJern ran out the rear of the residence, but was quickly apprehended by Officers that had staged there in case he fled. StJern did resist being arrested and was taken into custody without injury to himself or officers. He was in possession of an unconventional homemade 9mm pistol at the time of his arrest…