CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake man was arrested Friday after police found him to be illegally in possession of firearms along with drug paraphernalia.
Kristian Roath, 37, was arrested in the case, according to Sgt. Rodd Joseph of the Clearlake Police Department.
Just before 8:30 a.m. Friday Clearlake Police officers responded to a possible residential burglary in progress in the 3100 block of 10th Street, Joseph said.
Joseph said a neighbor had called police after seeing suspicious activity at the home. Officers found a person in the backyard and an opened door at the back of the residence. Several additional persons were located inside the residence.
During the investigation officers located several items inside the home including an illegally possessed .22-caliber rifle with a loaded high capacity magazine, a short-barreled sawed-off .22-caliber rifle, a .22-caliber revolver, several boxes of .22-caliber ammunition and a glass smoking pipe commonly used for methamphetamine use, Joseph said.
Joseph said that Roath, a resident of the home and a self-admitted narcotic addict, was charged with possession of a high capacity magazine, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, possession of ammunition by a prohibited person and willful cruelty to child.
The unsecure loaded firearms were immediately accessible by children who also reside in the home, Joseph said.
Roath was later booked into the Lake County Jail, according to Joseph.
Joseph said the initial residential burglary was determined to be unfounded.
The Clearlake Police Department will continue to remove illegally possessed firearms from those prohibited from possessing them and hold those individuals responsible, Joseph said. If you own firearms in your home, please keep them locked up to prevent children from access to them.
Man arrested with firearms, drug paraphernalia
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