Thread: More than 1,000 guns seized from a home in upscale neighborhood of L.A.

More than 1,000 guns seized from a home in upscale neighborhood of LA

By Cheri Mossburg and Amanda Jackson, CNN
Updated 7:06 PM ET, Wed May 8, 2019


Authorities seize a massive stash of guns from a home.


(CNN)More than 1,000 guns were found Wednesday in a home in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood Holmby Hills.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and LA Police Department officers served a search warrant in an investigation of someone suspected of manufacturing and selling illegal firearms, LAPD Officer Jeff Lee said.

In aerial footage from the scene, hundreds of guns are seen scattered out on what appears to be blankets in the driveway.

The weapons range from handguns to rifles. Police can be seen taking inventory.


Officers inventory the guns outside the home.


Officers from both agencies remained on the scene and continued the investigation.

In 2015, LAPD seized 1,200 guns, seven tons of ammunition and $230,000 in cash from a home. The owner had died of natural causes and was found in his SUV outside. At that time it was considered one of the largest weapon's seizure from one home, the LAPD said.

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A man has been charged after police found more than 1,000 guns in his Los Angeles home

By Christina Maxouris and Sarah Moon, CNN
Updated 6:47 AM ET, Tue July 16, 2019

(CNN)A Los Angeles man found with more than 1,000 guns in his Bel-Air home in May was charged with 64 felony counts, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Monday.

Girard Damian Saenz, 58, is charged with 23 counts of possession of an assault weapon, 17 counts of transfer of handgun with no licensed firearms dealer, 15 counts of unlawful assault weapon/.50 Browning Machine Gun rifle activity, seven counts of possession of a short-barreled rifle or shotgun, and two counts of possession of a destructive device, the office said.

State law prohibits the manufacture, distribution, transportation, importation and sale of any assault rifle or .50 BMG rifles, except in specific circumstances, according to the California Legislature.

Saenz pleaded not guilty during a Monday morning arraignment at the Los Angeles Superior Court. If convicted of the charges, he could face up to nearly 49 years in prison.

When he was arrested, authorities said there was no indication Saenz used the guns in crimes.

'A hoarder's house'

Saenz's property resembled "a hoarder's house" and it took 30 law enforcement officers more than 15 hours to clear the house and remove all the weapons, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told CNN.

In aerial footage from the scene, hundreds of guns are seen scattered on what appeared to be blankets in the driveway. The weapons ranged from handguns to rifles. Police were seen taking inventory.


Los Angeles police share this image of the ammunition that officers found at the house.


A law enforcement official said back in May they had not found any evidence linking Saenz to terrorism.

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