July 24, 2021 – On Friday, July 23, 2021, at 2:00 A.M., a Fresno County Sheriff's deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near E. Saginaw and N. Wishon in Fresno. 

The deputy approached the car and noticed part of a handgun sticking out from under a passenger seat.  The deputy detained the man sitting in that seat, 22-year-old Alejandro Tenorio of Fresno. 

A search of the car turned up two 9mm handguns.  One was fully loaded with a 30-round magazine and was reported as being stolen.  The other gun was not loaded and did not have a serial number. 

Tenorio was booked into the Fresno County Jail on five felony firearms charges , along with a charge of committing a crime while out on bail.  His bail is set at $400,000.

The 22-year-old woman who was driving was issued a traffic ticket.

Source & photo credit: Merced Police Department