3 Northern California suspects arrested in Santa Barbara County weapons bust

A search for a wanted felony suspect from Northern California resulted in his arrest and that of two other Bay Area suspects in Santa Barbara County last week, the California Highway Patrol said.

The CHP said in a press statement on Wednesday that investigators learned on August 21 that 19-year-old Diego Tostado Galvan of Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, was believed to be armed and traveling on U.S. Highway 101. With the help of regional, multi-agency crime task forces, investigators began to look for Tostado Galvan, the CHP said.

At about 1:30 p.m., Tostado Galvan and an associate, 19-year-old Jeremiah Samuel Caldwell of Castro Valley, were located at a bus station in Santa Barbara and arrested. Both were carrying loaded semi-automatic handguns equipped with extended magazines, and a search of their luggage yielded five other firearms, including an assault rifle, according to the CHP…

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