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Two men were arrested in Canyon Country after one was spotted by a bicyclist waving around a replica AR-15 rifle on a bike path Friday morning.

The bicyclist called the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station around 10:30 a.m and reported seeing two men, one brandishing what appeared to be an AR-15 rifle, going down into the wash by Golden Valley Road and Valley Center Drive.

The two men were detained and questioned by responding deputies.

Ronald Schatz, 52, admitted to deputies that he was “waving around” a replica AR-15 rifle. Schatz was arrested, transported to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and charged with a misdemeanor of brandishing an imitation firearm.

The second suspect, Jerry Smith, 56, was found to have outstanding warrants in the system. He was also transported and booked into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

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29 Comments

  1. Devon Caddy says:

    what an idiot !!!!

  2. Dave Booth says:

    Looks real to me. Book Em Danno.

  3. I was assuming it would have been teenagers- 50 year olds? Really?

  4. John Chan says:

    Cops would not have been using replica bullets

  5. I’m picturing “Mullets” for some reason .

  6. Megan Flynn says:

    Amanda, Lisa was telling me about this at work. What the hell is going on in Santa Clarita?

  7. Diane Lopez says:

    Alicia Ross Alex Lopez

  8. Alex Buzz says:

    Could’ve got killed for being dumb !!

  9. I used to ride that CC bike path all the time. I couldn’t imagine seeing that

  10. I thought Santa Clarita was pretty crime free at one time. Obviously not anymore.

  11. Artin Johnny says:

    “brandishing an imitation firearm”: what if it had an orange tip? I am sure it would be still threatening to the property on the trail.

  12. Sol Neshko says:

    Doubt they’ll be paying “replica” bail nor going to “replica” jail.

  13. Sol Neshko says:

    Doubt they’ll be paying “replica” bail nor going to “replica” jail.

  14. A lot of bad guys are painting the tips of real firearms red to make people think they are air soft guns.

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