Front Page  »  

Santa Maria police detain drinkers, arrest suspect for firearm violation

April 26, 2026

By JOSH FRIEDMAN

Santa Maria police officers arrested a suspect who allegedly tried to discard a ghost gun that he was carrying on Friday night.

Shortly after 11 p.m., Gang Suppression Team officers arrived in the area of Grogan Park following reports of a group drinking in public. Officers contacted about 10 people at Rancho Verde and Woodlawn Drive, according to the Santa Maria Police Department.

While investigating, officers observed open containers of alcohol and evidence of public drinking. The officers detained all of the individuals without incident. 

Officers checked the surrounding area and found a concealed firearm hidden under a fence. Police identified the weapon as a Glock-style 9 mm handgun with no serial number and a loaded magazine containing 17 rounds of ammunition.

Upon further investigation, one suspect admitted he was the owner of the firearm. Police took the suspect into custody without incident.

 


Loading...
Subjects:         
Related:


10 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

A good case of ICE could fix Santa Maria.


16

Anybody able to read the hieroglyphics just aft of the slide stop? Does anyone know what the protrusion at the closed end of the slide is? Judging from the “smile” on the barrel, someone has been practicing a fair amount with this weapon.


1

If I’m drinking at Grogan Park, in Santa Maria, on a Friday at 11pm I definitely want a Glock-style with an illegal 17 shot clip. Oddly enough, “grogan” is surf-speak for a number 2 as in “I gotta go blow a grogan”. A wiffle ball field at a Poly frat house was named “Grogan Field”.


0

You or I would be facing ten years minimum for a”ghost gun” and “high capacity magazine”… Two tier justice system in California


5

Rogalio-Alfanso-Jose-Luis-Pedro-Jesus-Carlos Ramirez Jr.


13

Russians also have multiple names. Are they all criminals and drunks, too?


-4

Ahh yes, those Russian gangsters sent to terrorize our communities by Mayorkas


6

And communists.


4

The 4 names used by the perp were too many characters for this “newZ”?


9

Claro que si, joder!


0