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California Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested on Firearms, Biker Gang Allegations

A search of the man’s Twentynine Palms home turned up a fully automatic assault rifle with an attached grenade launcher, the sheriff said.
California Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested on Firearms, Biker Gang Allegations
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department on East 3rd Street in San Bernardino, Calif., in May 2022. Google Maps/Screenshot via California Insider
Jill McLaughlin
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A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was arrested April 4 and charged with several felony counts related to illegal firearms and street gang affiliation.

Sheriff’s investigators in the Southern California county arrested Deputy Christopher Bingham, 45, of Twentynine Palms on Thursday, and he was booked at the West Valley Detention Center on $500,000 bail.

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