Police arrest Lakeport man for guns, ammunition after search warrant service

By Elizabeth Larson | Mar 18, 2023
Guns and ammunition seized by the Lakeport Police Department on Thursday, March 16, 2023, following a search warrant service. Photo courtesy of the Lakeport Police Department.

LAKEPORT, Calif. — A Lakeport man has been taken into custody following a search warrant service this week that uncovered his possession of weapons and ammunition he is prohibited to have.

Paul Kenneth Jones, 57, was arrested on Thursday, according to the Lakeport Police Department.

Early that morning, Lakeport Police officers, with the assistance of the Lake County Probation Department, served a search warrant on Jones’ residence.

During the search of the residence, police said two loaded handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found and seized.

Jones is prohibited from the possession of firearms and ammunition, police said.

He was booked into the Lake County Jail with a $1,000 bail.