Crime & Safety

Convict Arrested For Driving With Ghost Gun: Petaluma Police

Officers pulled over a driver, who was found to be a probationer with an unregistered "ghost gun," in his car, according to Petaluma police.

PETALUMA, CA — Police arrested a man on probation for having an unregistered firearm, otherwise termed as a"ghost gun," in his car, the Petaluma Police Department announced on Sunday.

On Saturday at 8:46 p.m., an officer pulled over a vehicle for multiple violations in the 700 block of East Washington Street. Upon searching the car, the officer found an unloaded, unmarked handgun and a loaded magazine, said police.

The 46-year-old man was arrested and booked at the Sonoma County Jail.

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