Man believed deported 8 times arrested in Modesto (Modesto Bee)

Man believed deported 8 times arrested in Modesto
Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009
Bee Staff Reports

A man police believe has been deported to Mexico up to eight times was arrested Tuesday evening in Modesto after he was accused of pointing a gun at the house of his ex-girlfriend.

Julian Virgen Lopez, 31, was arrested in the 100 block of La Loma Avenue after police found a loaded firearm in the car he was driving, according to Sgt. Brian Findlen, a Modesto police spokesman.

Lopez was stopped after police received a call at 7:30 p.m. that a man was pointing a gun at the woman's home in the 100 block of Phoenix Avenue.

Lopez was arrested on suspicion of being a felon possessing a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a loaded firearm and being in possession of ammunition.

He was booked into the Stanislaus County Jail, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has been notified, Findlen said.