Sunnyvale man charged with 25 felonies alleging possession of firearms, drugs for sale
A Sunnyvale man has been charged with felonies for allegedly operating a thriving drug business next door to an elementary school and possessing a cache of assault weapons and firearms prosecutors noted Brett Maxwell a -year-old apartment manager was arrested on suspicion of possessing firearms assault weapons and narcotics for sale after the Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force located firearms and several pounds of methamphetamine and heroin in his apartment and storage unit according to a news release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney s Office The cache of weapons also included explosives and ghost guns weapons manufactured without serial numbers and three of the firearms were assault weapons prosecutors added Bureaucrats estimated that the drugs have a street value of We will never accept turning our neighborhoods into gun and drug bazaars Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen mentioned in the press release Thanks to the partnership between local and federal law enforcement agencies we shut down both this extremely dangerous business and the reckless felon who ran it Maxwell was set to be arraigned Wednesday at the Hall of Justice in San Jose If convicted his prison sentence could be considerable prosecutors added Related Articles Fremont vehicular manslaughter matter falls apart Federal monitor wants Santa Clara County held in contempt for dragging jail reforms ICE crackdown heightens impediments for immigrant domestic violence casualties New hurdle in Comey circumstance as Trump s Justice Department faces questions about the grand jury process Man accused of starting Palisades fire is denied release on bond before his April trial Administration served a search warrant Nov at the apartment complex in the area of Fair Oaks Park where they located the guns and drugs as well as cash At the storage area which was several miles away personnel discovered additional guns drugs and explosives The operation was assisted by the Santa Clara County Sheriff s Office the Sunnyvale Department of Populace Safety the San Jose Police Department GHOST Unit and the U S Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Explosives prosecutors added Our work with the District Attorney s Office led to the arrest of an individual possessing dangerous guns and selling drugs in our region stated Sunnyvale Department of General Safety Chief Dan Pastor This kind of collaboration is essential to keeping our neighborhoods safe and we re grateful for our partners who help us remove these dangerous threats from our streets
