On 3/17/2020, at approximately 8:20 p.m., deputies assigned to the Kern County Sheriff's Office Wasco City Substation conducted a traffic stop on a black SUV in the 2500 Block of Yellowstone Court in Wasco.
Investigating deputies learned two of the three occupants of the vehicle were on active probation. Deputies conducted a search of the vehicle based on the terms of probation.
During a search of the vehicle, deputies located a loaded handgun, which was reported stolen to the Arvin Police Department. Deputies also located 12.2 grams of suspected methamphetamines, 11.1 grams of suspected cocaine, 15 grams of marijuana, 9 shaved vehicle keys used to steal vehicles, narcotics paraphernalia, a portable police scanner, and $167.00.
Wasco residents, 19-year-old Jorge Aguilar, 20-year-old Damien Torres, and 19-year-old Oscar Zuniga were arrested.
All three men were booked into Central Receiving Facility for possession of a concealed firearm in a vehicle, conspiracy to commit a crime, participating in a criminal street gang, possession of narcotics for sale, possession of narcotics while armed with a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, and possession of a concealed weapon while in a criminal street gang.
