Mountain View Couple Arrested After Guns, Drugs, Pried Open ATM Found In Home: Police

SOUTH BAY, CA -- Police in Mountain View say that two residents who already have felony criminal convictions have been arrested for allegedly selling drugs from their home.

Samuel Rowles, 39 and Elideth Rodriguez, 33, both pictured above, were arrested at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4 at their house in the 700 block of Hope Street. The home is less than two blocks from First 5 Santa Clara County, a nonprofit that serves children and families.

Officers say that when they served a search warrant at the home, they allegedly found guns, ammunition, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and an ATM machine that had been pried open.

Police say they obtained a search warrant because they believed Rowles and Rodriguez were stockpiling guns at the home. Officers allegedly found a pistol, magazine rounds and multiple calibers of ammunition at the residence.

Police spokeswoman Katie Nelson said that since Rowles and Rodriguez are convicted felons, it's illegal for felons to have guns.

Rowles and Rodriguez were taken to the county jail on suspicion of possessing a gun as felons, possessing ammunition, maintaining a drug house, possessing methamphetamine and possessing drug paraphernalia, according to police.

Bay City News contributed to this report/Images MVPD