Police in Southern California arrested a retired Navy veteran this week after he was allegedly found with an unregistered firearm and bomb-making materials, officials announced April 30.
Officers in Chino, a San Bernardino County town about 35 miles east of Los Angeles, on Monday arrested Luis Jorge Moreno, 46, of Arizona after noticing “firearm components in plain view” inside his vehicle, which was parked at a Motel 6 on Central Avenue. Officers found him in a nearby room with an unregistered gun, a statement posted on Facebook said.
A search of his car turned up “chemicals and supplies consistent with precursors of an explosive device,” several airsoft guns, a ballistic vest, and two gas masks, police added….