Crime & Safety

DUI, Gun Charges After Van Blocks Exit In San Carlos

Deputies responding to the call said they found a rifle, handgun and several high-capcity magazines.

Sheriff's deputies responding to a report of a van blocking an exit early Saturday located a man who appeared to be under the influence and armed with several weapons, authorities said.
Sheriff's deputies responding to a report of a van blocking an exit early Saturday located a man who appeared to be under the influence and armed with several weapons, authorities said. (Renee Schiavone/Patch, File)

SAN CARLOS, CA — A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and weapons offenses after a complaint that a van was blocking the exit to a business.

Andrew Anthony Cuestas, of Santa Fe, was taken into custody about 6:48 a.m. Saturday in the 200 block of Industrial Road in San Carlos, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department.
Cuestas, who was in the driver's seat of a white Chevrolet Express van with the engine running, failed a series of field sobriety tests, the department said in a statement.

In the van, deputies found an unloaded .22-caliber rifle, a loaded handgun, and several loaded high-capacity magazines, the department said.

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Cuestas was booked into the San Mateo County Jail.

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