A Sunnyvale apartment manager faces a multitude of charges after investigators say he was caught with a cache of weapons and drugs in his home near a local elementary school. 51-year-old Brett Maxwell made his first appearance in court on Nov. 19. Officers say he managed an apartment complex in the Fair Oaks Park area of Sunnyvale.
“Our work with the District Attorney’s Office led to the arrest of an individual possessing dangerous guns and selling drugs in our community,” said Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Dan Pastor. “This kind of collaboration is essential to keeping our neighborhoods safe, and we’re grateful for our partners who help us remove these dangerous threats from our streets.”
Sunnyvale DPS worked with the Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force (SCCGVTF), Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies and other local law enforcement agencies to serve search warrants at Maxwell’s apartment and storage facility on Nov. 13. They reportedly found firearms, some of them ghost guns, several pounds of heroin and methamphetamine and cash at Maxwell’s home. Officers say the drugs had an estimated street value of $100,000…