{"id":464833,"date":"2026-09-15T21:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464833\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:06:08","slug":"fentanyl-guns-and-an-alligator-found-in-downtown-los-angeles-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464833\/","title":{"rendered":"Fentanyl, guns and an alligator found in downtown Los Angeles \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities arrested two people after finding fentanyl, cocaine, firearms and a small alligator inside a luxury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/?s=downtown+los+angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">downtown Los Angeles<\/a> apartment that law enforcement believes was being used as a stash house, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Marvin Angelito, 27, and Susan Gonzalez, 26, were arrested Sept. 10 and charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl after law enforcement executed a search warrant at the apartment, according to an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, authorities seized approximately 93.9 pounds of fentanyl pills and powder, 2.2 pounds of heroin and nearly 16 pounds of cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also found laboratory equipment, including beakers, mixers, stirrers and torches, as well as a hydraulic press, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement seized an AR-15 rifle and ammunition from a hallway closet and a gold-plated Desert Eagle .50-caliber pistol and ammunition from the kitchen counter. Authorities also seized a police radio.<\/p>\n<p>A small alligator was also discovered inside the apartment and was seized by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents.<\/p>\n<p>Angelito and Gonzalez made their initial appearances Monday in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles. The judge ordered Angelito detained and Gonzalez released on a $15,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Angelito is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 2, while Gonzalez\u2019s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 9. Neither entered a plea Monday.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Angelito and Gonzalez face a statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities arrested two people after finding fentanyl, cocaine, firearms and a small alligator inside a luxury downtown Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3552,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-464833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464833","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=464833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}