BAKERSFIELD — A 32-year-old convicted felon was arrested Wednesday afternoon on weapons and narcotics charges during a routine traffic stop in Bakersfield.
Miguel Angel Montes was booked into the Central Receiving Facility on charges including possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a firearm by an active member of a criminal street gang, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a baton and participation in a criminal street gang.
He is being held on $182,500 bail.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Gang Suppression Section made a stop on a vehicle Montes was driving at around 2:30 p.m. on June 25
During a ensuing search of the vehicle deputies said that located an unregistered loaded firearm, ammunition, ecstasy pills, a collapsible baton and drug paraphernalia.
Montes, who is on active felony probation and is currently out on bail on a separate felony investigation was immediately taken into custody.