Crime & Safety
Hells Angel Caught with Gun, Drugs
Sheriff's deputies pulled over the man Saturday outside Watsonville.
A Hells Angel was arrested in rural Watsonville early Saturday with a loaded gun and drugs, the Sheriff's Office reported.
Miki Macias, 38, was driving his 1988 Toyota truck on Casserly Road near Wheelock Road around 12:27 a.m. Saturday when a sheriff's deputy stopped him for an alleged vehicle code violation.
Macias allegedly was high on drugs while he was driving, deputies reported, and was arrested.
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Deputies found 0.8 grams of cocaine in his pants pocket, according to deputy April Skalland.
When they searched his truck, deputies found a loaded 9mm handgun, two loaded high-capacity 9mm magazines and several items of Hells Angels gang paraphernalia, Skalland said.
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Macias was arrested on suspicion of additional gun and gang charges, Skalland said.
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