By Chelsea Phua
cphua@sacbee.com
A 32-year-old validated gang member was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading no contest to felony charges that stemmed from a June 12 traffic stop where he fled from police and a loaded handgun fell out of his pocket, Placer County authorities said.
Prosecutors from the District Attorney's office said David Michael Perez of Rio Linda was a passenger inside a car that police stopped on the Sierra Street Bridge in Roseville. They said Perez got out of the car and ran away. When he jumped on the hood of a parked car and dented it, a loaded gun fell out of his pocket.
As a validated, active gang member with felony convictions, Perez was not allowed to have a gun, prosecutor Stephanie Macumber said.
On July 21, Perez pleaded no contest to four felony charges that included carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, street terrorism and vandalism, authorities said. He also pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges of resisting or obstructing peace officers and one misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm. He also did not contest special allegations of having prior felony offenses.
Photo provided by the Placer County Sheriff's Department
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