Manteca Man On Probation Found With Gun, Meth During Traffic Stop, Police Say

MANTECA (CBS13) – Authorities arrested a man on probation after he was found with a gun and methamphetamine during a traffic stop, the Manteca Police Department said on Thursday.

Donald Baker III, 25, was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on several drug- and firearm-related charges.

Manteca police said officers pulled a vehicle over on Monday night just before 10 p.m. along W. Lathrop Road due to a registration violation.

Baker was the passenger in the vehicle and was found with a loaded magazine and loaded handgun, in addition to an unloaded black powder revolver under his seat, authorities said.

The methamphetamine was located in a backpack that belonged to Baker, police said.

Baker is scheduled to be arraigned in Manteca court on February 4, 2021.

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