56° CLEAR, Santa Rosa candidate Alvarez facing weapons charge
Last Modified: Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 1:24 p.m.
Santa Rosa City Council candidate Eddie Alvarez has a misdemeanor weapons charge pending in Sonoma County Superior Court.
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Alvarez, 32, was arrested by Rohnert Park police shortly before 1 a.m. May 26 as he was driving away in his mother’s car from a Rohnert Park nightspot.
Police searched the vehicle after Alvarez was unable to provide identification and found a small amount of marijuana on the carpeting and an unloaded .45 Ruger handgun registered to Alvarez in a back-door side compartment.
Alvarez was booked into Sonoma County Jail on misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and possession of a concealed weapon.
The marijuana charge was quickly dismissed after Alvarez, who describes himself as a “self-medicator,” produced a doctor’s prescription to use medicinal marijuana due to a back injury he suffered two years ago.
Alvarez’s attorney, Ken Beyries of Santa Rosa, said a settlement conference is set for Oct. 17 to decide, in conjunction with the District Attorney’s Office, whether to dismiss the weapons charge or go to trial.
Beyries said it was Alvarez’s brother who had put the gun in the car without his knowledge.
Alvarez, who operates a jewelry business, said he has applied for a concealed-weapons permit. He is one of 15 candidates competing for Santa Rosa’s City Council.
You can reach Staff Writer Mike McCoy at 521-5276 or mike.mccoy@pressdemocrat.com.
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October 9, 2008 6:23:21 am
RE: Link
Probably not a good idea to add to the idiots we already have at city hall. This is likely not going to work out for you Alvarez...
October 9, 2008 6:23:30 am
RE: Link
Yes he will make a difference. ha ha
October 9, 2008 8:32:07 am
is this guy serious?? we don't need dopes like this helping run the city thanks though. try lake county
October 9, 2008 8:45:03 am
good grief...this is the type of person that makes it on the ballot for Santa Rosa?? PATHETIC! YOU'RE JUST A PUNK. GO AWAY!!
October 9, 2008 9:07:01 am
I've heard that he's the co-owner of a grocery store. Is he a jeweler too?
I know Pierce is in the gem business.
October 9, 2008 9:07:09 am
I am voting for Mr. Alvarez. Compared to the crooks running our nation (into the ground), Mr. A. probably does not have the ability to do any more damage than they have done.
Our national crooks had the chuzpah to steal $700 bbbbbbbbillion (I can hardly say a word that bbbbbbbbbig) from We the Sheeple, this man, Mr. A. can do no harm.
Mr. A's is making one mistake: he applies for a CCW permit for gun...sorry, Sheriff Cowbig no issue CCW to citizens---only to gangbungers...U C, gangbungers NEEDS gun to protect themselves from Sirainos.
October 9, 2008 9:09:41 am
He's actually on the SR ballot. I'm sure all the RP candidates are pure and pristine.
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