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Grover Beach police arrest man for human trafficking

March 28, 2025

Vincent Terronez

By KAREN VELIE

As part of a human trafficking investigation, Grover Beach police detectives arrested a 34-year-old man on Thursday.

Following the multi-week investigation, detectives contacted 34-year-old Henry Vincent Terronez of Porterville at a location in Arroyo Grande where he intended to meet with a minor for sexual purposes. Terronez arrived at the location with an unregistered, concealed and loaded AR-15 behind his driver’s seat. The gun included a 60-round drum magazine and several 30-round magazines with armor-piercing ammunition.

Detectives booked Terronez in San  Luis Obispo County Jail on charges of human trafficking of a victim under 18 years old, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes, meeting with a minor for lewd purposes, sending sexual material to a minor and pandering. He remains in jail with his bail set at $800,000.

Detectives are asking any potential victims of Terronez to contact Detective Jared Allegranza at (805) 473-4511.

“The Grover Beach Police Department would like to thank the Arroyo Grande Police Department and the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Investigation Bureau for their assistance with this case,” according to police.

 


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He brought everything else. But let me guess . No condoms .


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While there is a steel penetrator within the bullet, the round was never designed as “armor piercing”.


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You’re correct that the green tip rounds, the original M855 (now being replaced by the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round) aren’t specifically designated as “armor piercing”. However, it does have fairly significant target effects on hard targets. From the Army itself:


https://www.army.mil/article/48657/evolution_of_the_m855a1_enhanced_performance_round


Of note is the following regarding the hard target performance of the original M855:


Although it’s not an armor-piercing round, the EPR can penetrate 3/8 inch-thick mild steel at distances approaching 400 meters (based on the range at which 50 percent of the rounds can pass through the barrier). The M855 only penetrates this material out to approximately 160 meters.


So then, if our sterling citizen had indeed had time to engage law enforcement, at short ranges the M855 will defeat their body armor. I point this out not to rile up the anti-gun weenies, although some of the reliable left-leaning commentators here will seize on my comments to demand even more draconian gun control Kabuki nonsense here in the DPRC, but because I like geeking out on ballistics, etc. Also, I’m happy that this scumbag didn’t get a chance to use them. From a fellow Army person.


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To all involved in this case…

THANK YOU !!!


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