Police Find 300 Stolen Mail-In Ballots In Backseat Of Car In Front Of 7-Eleven in California, Drugs And Guns Found In Car As Well

More than 300 gubernatorial recall ballots were recovered by police while they were checking on a man at a convenience store in Torrance who ended up having a loaded weapon, a police official said on Monday, Aug. 23.

The ballots were discovered in the back seat of a vehicle while officers were checking on a man at the request of a caller who said he was passed out in the driver’s seat in a 7-Eleven parking lot on Emerald Street at around 10:45 p.m. on Aug. 16, Torrance Sgt. Mark Ponegalek said.

Officers also found the loaded firearm, drugs, and driver’s licenses, and credit cards in other peoples’ names, police said.

The man, a felon, was arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of a firearm, illegal narcotics and stolen property, and identity theft. He had not yet been charged in this case, Ponegalek said.