From Stan Oklobdzija:
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has recovered a handgun stolen from one of their deputies in Rancho Cordova late last month.
On Aug. 20, deputies from the Rancho Cordova Police Department, which contracts personnel from the sheriff, were responding to a call about a man violating a domestic violence restraining order, according to sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran.
They found the man, Brent May, 31, at the Red Roof Inn on 10800 Olson Drive and stopped him while he was in his car, Curran said.
Deputies found May was on probation and searched his vehicle, Curran said. Inside, they found methamphetamine and a digital scale, along with several rounds of ammunition and three gun holsters, according to a sheriff's report. Upon further search, deputies found a .45 cal Sig Sauer handgun hidden in the wheel well of May's trunk, the report said.
The handgun was the one stolen from a sheriff's detective on July 30 while he was attending an FBI training class at a Rancho Cordova hotel, Curran said.
That deputy locked his gun, along with a sheriff's laptop in a car assigned to him by the FBI. When he returned from the class, he found both items stolen, along with a GPS device that belonged to him.
Curran said May has not admitted to stealing the detective's gun. The laptop, which Curran said didn't contain classified information, and the GPS device have not been recovered, Curran said.
Sheriff's investigators are still determining how May might have acquired the weapon, Curran said.
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