Crime & Safety

Loaded Gun, Heroin Found In Livermore

An Antioch man was arrested in Livermore on drug and weapons charges.

 Diont Lyons of Antioch was arrested on booked and several drug and weapons charges, police said.
Diont Lyons of Antioch was arrested on booked and several drug and weapons charges, police said. (Livermore Police Department)

LIVERMORE, CA - An Antioch man was arrested for possession of a loaded .38 caliber revolver and heroin, Livermore police said.

On Wednesday night just before 10 p.m., police stopped an Audi A7 for a traffic violation and say they found the gun and drugs. Police say the driver, 50-year-old Diont Lyons of Antioch, was unlicensed and on searchable probation. Lyons was arrested and booked on several drug and weapons charges, police said.

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