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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The transgression ailment filed successful national tribunal following the apprehension of a Fresno Police cadet reveals caller accusation successful the lawsuit against 27-year-old Joshua Brown.
The Fresno Police Department announced Thursday that, successful precocious June 2024, the section was made alert of an probe initiated by the FBI involving then-police cadet Joshua Brown.
The Fresno Police Department says Brown was taken into custody by the FBI connected Tuesday, Sept. 3, and booked into the Fresno County Jail. Brown's employment was terminated by the City of Fresno. Brown has since been charged with possession of a instrumentality weapon and possession of an unregistered NFA (National Firearms Act) weapon.
Federal tribunal documents amusement that Fresno-based FBI agents were fixed ineligible support successful June to hunt the Instagram relationship and Google relationship associated with Brown. That hunt suggested that helium had manufactured a fully-automatic MP5 submachine weapon and helium possessed an unregistered suppressor. On September 3, a peculiar cause with the FBI authored a hunt warrant to hunt Brown’s residence successful northwest Fresno.
On September 3, during the hunt of Brown’s apartment, prosecutors accidental they recovered a afloat automatic MP5 submachine gun, a afloat automatic AR-15-style firearm successful the closet, and respective firearm suppressors. They besides recovered subject and firearms-related décor and paraphernalia.
Both the MP5 and AR-15 were loaded, according to the complaint.
Investigators with the FBI accidental they reviewed Brown's Instagram relationship and recovered that the MP5, AR-15, and 1 of the suppressors Brown posted to his relationship appeared to beryllium the aforesaid MP5, AR-15, and suppressor recovered successful his apartment.
Agents accidental helium admitted that the MP5, AR-15, and suppressors belonged to him. He besides admitted that helium knew the MP5 and AR-15 were susceptible of afloat automatic fire.
The Fresno Police Department says Brown was hired by the section successful September 2023. After Brown’s arrest, constabulary accidental 2 further section unit person been placed connected paid administrative permission pending an interior investigation.
“The Fresno Police Department takes its work to those surviving and moving successful our metropolis precise seriously. Allegations of misconduct volition beryllium thoroughly investigated successful an ongoing effort to physique and support the spot of our community,” Interim Chief Mindy Casto said.
