With help of K9 officer, Antioch police arrest man for multiple weapons violations Thursday morning
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Antioch K9 Officer Purcy with the gun found Thursday morning, April 18, 2019. Photos by APD.
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Suspect arrested by Antioch Police on April 18, 2019.
Thursday morning, April 18, 2019 around 3 a.m., Antioch Police officers were dispatched to a suspicious circumstance involving a man with a gun in the area of Aster Drive. Officers located the man walking away into a nearby apartment complex and were able to quickly catch up and detain him.
During a search of the area K9 Purcy located a .40 caliber Glock handgun with an extended magazine in a nearby bush.
The man was arrested for multiple weapons violations and K9 Purcy was rewarded with his favorite toy.
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