The following information has been provided by the Redlands Police Department:

Police received the call of a suspicious vehicle in the alley behind the Domino’s Pizza at 345 W. Pearl Ave. shortly before midnight Saturday, Oct. 4.

Officers arrived as the vehicle, a brown 2001 Chevrolet Malibu, drove away east on Pearl Avenue. As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver led them on a short pursuit through a shopping center parking lot on Orange Street.

After the driver yielded to police, officers searched the area where the passenger, 31-year-old Jason Cardoza, had thrown the object and found a loaded semi-automatic handgun which had been reported stolen in Yucaipa.

Cardoza, a San Bernardino resident, is a convicted felon and documented Redlands gang member. He was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of stolen property.

The driver, 35-year-old Ronald Montoya, of Bloomington, a documented Rialto gang member, was arrested for evading police and for being a felon in possession of ammunition.

Another of the vehicle’s passengers, 36-year-old San Bernardino resident Jose Ramirez, was also found in possession of a loaded semi-automatic handgun reported stolen in San Bernardino. Ramirez, a convicted felon, was arrested.

The vehicle’s fourth occupant, also a documented Redlands gang member, was released at the scene without charge.

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

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