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A Newhall man arrested for six felonies and two misdemeanors after passing out on a Santa Clarita bus with a loaded gun in Canyon Country is no longer in custody.

Rashad Hampton, 26, of Newhall, posted $35,000 bail a little more than 24 hours after mid-day traffic on the east side of the Santa Clarita Valley was brought to a halt, when a bus driver reported a gun tucked into Hampton’s waistband.

Deputies charged Hampton with the following felonies: carrying a concealed firearm upon person; carrying a concealed firearm, does not have permission to possess; carrying a loaded concealed firearm, unregistered; carrying a loaded firearm in a public place; carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, not in lawful possession; and carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, not the registered owner. He was also charged with two misdemeanors: public intoxication and a reasonable cause arrest for receiving stolen property.

Read the full story [here].

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25 Comments

  1. Dan says:

    Hmmmm…..maybe not the person we want back on the street.

  2. Drew Vanacore you’ve got to be kidding me

  3. It’s Prop47… If he’s a mental health release, he’s receiving services with our tax dollars. This needs to end before the next batch is released this fall.

  4. Did you vote for prop 47?? Read before you vote for this craziest stuff!

  5. Lol state of California!

  6. Mike Weaver says:

    Well he better don’t do w wrong move around me around town. I won’t be as nice as the swat team was. ?.

  7. Judith Pinto says:

    of course he’s out. poor little feller didn’t mean to pass out on a public bus. he got mixed up.

  8. This has nothing to do with Prop 47! He bailed out & bail is a State & Federal Constitutional right. The real question should be is if he can afford that $35K bail bond, why is he riding around in a bus?!!

  9. JP says:

    Drunk and carrying loaded weapons. Great. Lock him up.

  10. Shirley says:

    shocker.

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