A man was recently detained in Orlando for making verbal threats while armed with a rifle. Following a search warrant, law officers seized drugs and firearms.
Last month, Orange County Sheriff’s officers in Sector I responded to a report of a man roaming around a residential area, making verbal threats while wielding a rifle. With the local aircraft unit overhead, OCSO was able to find the individual, 48-year-old Jasper Welch, who was unarmed at the time, off Arabian Place in Orlando.
Welch admitted to deputies that he was under the influence of illegal substances found nearby and that there were additional drugs and guns inside his home. A narcotics search warrant was approved. This is what they recovered :
- 7 Handguns
- 4 Rifles
- Trafficking Amount of Cocaine
- 44 Vials of THC
- Cannabis
- 100+ of Rounds of Ammunition
Welch was arrested and charged with 11 counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, armed trafficking of cocaine, and possession of THC.
“We will not tolerate illegal firearms or drug sales in our neighborhoods,” the Orange County Sheriff’s Office posted. “Thank you to the vigilant community members who reported this dangerous behavior. We hear you and we will continue to respond and investigate these crimes. Outstanding work by our deputies in removing these guns and drugs off our streets!”
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