San Bernardino, Calif. – On Sunday, May 22, 2022, at approximately 2:27 pm, a San Bernardino Police officer working proactive enforcement conducted a traffic stop on a U-Haul box truck after observing several traffic violations. The vehicle was being driven by Robert Andrew Medina, a 21-year-old resident of San Bernardino. After contacting Medina, officers discovered that he had recently been arrested for a firearms violation.
Medina provided consent to search the vehicle, and during the search, officers located 7- assault rifles, 9- handguns, 1-shotgun, and 18 high-capacity magazines with assorted ammunition in the rear of the truck. One of the firearms was found to be stolen, and another firearm had an altered serial number.
Medina was arrested on multiple felony weapons violation charges and was booked into a local jail facility in lieu of $500,000.00 bail.