The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Gun Violence Task Force and sheriff’s deputies seized weapons and explosives after a Wednesday raid on a San Jose home.
Christopher Paul Roberts, a 37-year-old resident of the 2200 block of Bailey Avenue, was arrested and charged with, explosive and assault weapon felonies, according to the DA’s Office.
Roberts is set to be arraigned Sept. 6, at 1:30pm.
“Our neighborhoods will not be treated as weapon manufacturing factories or war zones,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a release. “I thank the brave investigators, ATF agents, and deputies who put their lives on the line to make sure these dangerous and illegal weapons don’t make their way into the hands of criminals.”
Prosecutors said the early morning raid led by the DA team turned up:
- Pounds of explosive material, ready for manufacturing
- Housings, caps, fuses, and mixing components for explosives
- “Completed” explosives
- Heroin
- Four firearms, including a “ghost gun” assault rifle
- Ammunition
The Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force is a special unit made up of investigators, officers and deputies from various departments that work to take weapons out of the hands of the suicidal or mentally ill, felons, and persons subject to protective orders.
