Armed Suspect Caught Hiding In Dumpster

Fremont police arrested a 43-year-old man after officers said he hid inside a garbage dumpster while fleeing with a gun on April 20. (kron4.com) The encounter began at 8:38 a.m. near Industrial Drive and South Grimmer Boulevard, where patrol officers stopped a man they described as suspicious and saw the handle of a gun protruding from his clothing, according to police. (kron4.com) Police said the man ran on foot, went through barbed wire, and forced officers to set up a containment area around several businesses instead of continuing the chase straight through. Bystanders then told officers he may have jumped into a dumpster on Pestana Court. (kron4.com) Officers surrounded the dumpster, launched a drone for an overhead view, opened the lid, and used a police K-9 during the arrest, Fremont police said. The suspect was identified as Fortino Preciado. (kron4.com) The case moved quickly from a street stop to a weapons arrest because officers said they saw a firearm before the suspect fled. Police later booked Preciado on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a concealed firearm, and resisting arrest. (kron4.com) Police said Preciado was already on parole for a prior resisting-arrest case when he was taken into custody Monday. He was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. (kron4.com) Patch and other Bay Area outlets matched the basic sequence described by Fremont police: an armed suspect fled, ran through barbed wire, hid in a dumpster, and was arrested after a brief search. Fremont police’s public news page did not show a separate press release about the arrest as of April 24. (patch.com, fremontpolice.gov, sfgate.com) By the end of the search, the man officers said they spotted with a gun on Industrial Drive was in custody after trying to disappear inside a dumpster a few blocks away. (kron4.com)