{"id":282554,"date":"2026-04-23T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282554\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:20:12","slug":"fresno-county-man-indicted-after-cache-of-guns-ammo-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282554\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Man Indicted After Cache of Guns, Ammo Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment against a Fresno County man on a firearms charge, according to U.S. Attorney Eric Grant.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment charges Guillermo Catzalco, 47, of Firebaugh, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents state Catzalco was found in possession of a Glock-style privately manufactured handgun, an AR-style privately manufactured rifle, a disassembled North American Arms Inc. .22-caliber revolver, extended-capacity firearm magazines, tools consistent with firearm manufacturing, and ammunition of various calibers.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Catzalco is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition due to prior felony convictions in Stanislaus County, including assault with a deadly weapon, vehicle theft, burglary, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Firebaugh Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Karp is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Catzalco faces a maximum statutory penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment against a Fresno County man on a firearms charge,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-282554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}