Source: Santa Maria Police Department
Members of the Santa Maria Police Department Special Enforcement Team (SET) conducted a traffic stop in the 800 block of W. Stowell Street. A passenger of the vehicle was found to be in unlawful possession of methamphetamine while armed with a loaded firearm.
Marco Vidal Torres Gonzales, 19 years old, was found to be in possession of a loaded .22 caliber revolver, additional ammunition for the firearm, a quantity of methamphetamine and a methamphetamine smoking pipe.
Torres Gonzales is a resident of Santa Maria and was booked into SBCO Jail.