{"id":314197,"date":"2026-05-13T20:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/314197\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:37:09","slug":"fresno-police-arrest-parolee-after-loaded-gun-found-during-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/314197\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Arrest Parolee After Loaded Gun Found During Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday after Fresno police said officers found a loaded handgun, high-capacity magazines, and ammunition during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers stopped a vehicle near Jensen and Cedar avenues for a cell phone violation.<\/p>\n<p>During the stop, officers learned the driver, identified as Joe Mata, had a prior felony conviction and was on parole, according to Fresno police.<\/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>A search of the vehicle led officers to a small Nike backpack on the rear passenger-side floorboard, where they found a loaded Glock 19 handgun with a 31-round high-capacity magazine, a 17-round high-capacity magazine, and a box containing six live rounds of ammunition, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Mata was arrested on multiple firearms-related charges. Police said a parole hold also was authorized by his parole agent.<\/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 30-year-old man was arrested Monday after Fresno police said officers found a loaded handgun, high-capacity magazines, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-314197","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\/314197","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=314197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}