http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/05/15/1940705/armed-kennewick-man-arrested-at.html

Armed Kennewick man arrested at apartment
By Tri-City Herald staff
Posted: 12:00am on May 15, 2012; Modified: 7:50am on May 15, 2012

An armed Kennewick man was arrested early Sunday after his family reported he was acting strangely.

Kennewick police officers were called about 2 a.m. to the apartment of Valentin Castillo in the 400 block of East 10th Avenue. Family members were evacuated before Castillo, a convicted felon, was arrested, according to Kennewick police.

Seven guns and cocaine were found in the home. Castillo was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of seven counts of being a felon in possession of a gun and possessing cocaine.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/05/16/1941951/arrested-pasco-convict-says-he.html

Arrested Pasco convict says he had gun to protect family
By Tri-City Herald staff
Posted: 12:00am on May 16, 2012; Modified: 7:55am on May 16, 2012

A Pasco man arrested in Kennewick late Monday on suspicion of illegally possessing a gun said he had the pistol to protect his family, police said.

Kennewick officers at 11:55 p.m. responded to a report of a wanted person in the 3400 block of West Hood Avenue and found two men and a teen girl in a gray Infiniti matching the description in the report, police said.

One man was released, but police arrested Augustin Meraz-Gutierrez, 28, of Pasco, when they found he had a pistol concealed in his waistband.

Meraz-Gutierrez is a convicted felon and resident alien and is restricted from possessing firearms, police said.

He reportedly told officers he had the gun to protect his family and get revenge for a robbery last week, police said.

It wasn't clear what robbery Meraz-Gutierrez was talking about. Kennewick police did investigate a robbery and assault at the same apartment complex May 4, but it doesn't appear Meraz-Gutierrez had any connection to that incident based on police and court documents.

The 15-year-old Pasco girl with Meraz-Gutierrez was arrested on probation violation warrants and taken to the juvenile justice center.

That's life in the Tri-Cities. Mexicans have taken all the criminal's jobs too ;)

I do not dislike anyone simply because they are from Mexico or farther South but I do uncover my weapon when an unknown dark haired person walks into my studio. Blonde or red haired, not so much.

Now you can yell at me