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San Mateo Police Seize Allegedly Converted Machine Gun, Arrest 18-Year-Old After Traffic Stop

Officers say a probable-cause search revealed a Glock modified for burst fire.

Overview

  • Officers stopped the vehicle around 1:37 p.m. near Delaware Street and 25th Avenue for expired registration and illegal window tint.
  • Police observed an open tequila bottle and the odor of marijuana, which they say established probable cause to search.
  • A black backpack in the car contained a Glock with a multi-burst trigger, an extended magazine, and a round in the chamber.
  • The backpack also held two scales, packaging materials, psilocybin mushrooms, 17 oxycodone pills, and marijuana.
  • Driver Carron Patterson, 18, of Belmont was arrested on multiple weapons and narcotics charges and booked into San Mateo County Jail, with SMPD emphasizing continued enforcement.