Crime & Safety
Gun Stolen From Rohnert Park Recovered In Santa Rosa: Police
A driver who crashed his car in a suspected DUI was also charged in connection with the handgun, police said.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A handgun that was reported stolen out of Rohnert Park turned up early Tuesday in a suspected DUI crash in Santa Rosa, police said.
Shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to Fulton Road north of West 3rd Street where a witness said a driver was involved in a solo car crash and was non-responsive.
Officers were able to speak with the driver, later identified as 34-year-old Santa Rosa resident Rudy Dominguez, and their observations made them believe he was driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, the Santa Rosa Police Department said in a news release.
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They also saw a handgun on the floor of the car, according to the news release.
Dominguez complied when officers asked him to get out of the car so they could conduct field sobriety tests.
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Meanwhile, one of the officers secured the handgun and ran a registration check on the gun which revealed it was reported stolen to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety.
Dominguez was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, possession of stolen property, and possession of a stolen handgun.
He has since been released from custody, Sonoma County jail records showed.
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