Stolen guns recovered, arrests made

January 20, 2012 at 12:56 p.m.

by Staff Report

Lt. Cecil White, detective with the Springdale police department, talks about several guns recovered in a raid of a Rogers home Rogers Friday Jan. 20, 2012 at a press conference in the Springdale criminal investigation building in Springdale. Members of the Rogers police department recovered 15 handguns and four long guns that were stolen from Sturm's Indoor Gun Range in Springdale earlier in the week.
Lt. Cecil White, detective with the Springdale police department, talks about several guns recovered in a raid of a Rogers home Rogers Friday Jan. 20, 2012 at a press conference in the Springdale criminal investigation building in Springdale. Members of the Rogers police department recovered 15 handguns and four long guns that were stolen from Sturm's Indoor Gun Range in Springdale earlier in the week.

SPRINGDALE — Police recovered 19 stolen firearms today from a Rogers raid.

The Rogers SWAT team served a warrant that led to the recovery of 15 pistols and four rifles that were stolen from Sturm’s Indoor Gun Range, said Lt. Cecil White, Springdale police. Police have recovered 23 weapons of over 30 stolen Jan. 15.

Four arrests were made, including two juveniles. The adults arrested were Migueal Garcia and Ricardo Vega.

Police are looking for more suspects and expect to recover more weapons, White said.

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