CHP Officer Wanted On Weapons Charges Turns Himself In
ANDERSON (AP) - A California Highway Patrol officer facing weapons and other charges turned himself in to authorities.
The CHP says 44-year-old Gerald Roland Harris surrendered at Shasta County jail on Friday, the same day a warrant was issued for his arrest. He has been charged with possessing assault weapons, methadone and explosives and a misdemeanor count of embezzlement.
Authorities say a search of Harris's home near Anderson last month turned up explosives, 10 rifles, a handgun and a few methadone pills.
Shasta County prosecutor Benjamin Hanna told The Record Searchlight of Redding that investigators also found dozens of drivers' licenses. Authorities say the search was prompted by an unrelated criminal allegation although they declined to say what that was.
Harris is out on $100,000 bail.
A person who answered the phone at a number listed for him hung up.
(Copyright The Associated Press 2012).
