El Diputado Jefe del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Maverick, Roberto de León, informó que Ramírez viajaba en una camioneta Chevy Silverado el sábado 15 de febrero cuando se encontró un rifle M4 en su poder.
Los números de serie del rifle se ejecutaron a través de un sistema de informes y se detectó que habían sido robados en Austin.
Ramírez fue arrestado por cargos estatales de posesión de un arma de fuego robada y se estableció una fianza de $3,500.
Pecos man arrested at Port
of entry with stolen M4 rifle
A male subject from Pecos, Tx. identified as 47-year-old Jose Ramirez was arrested while trying to cross into Piedras Negras with an assault rifle that was reported stolen in the city of Austin.
Maverick County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Roberto de Leon reported that Ramirez was traveling in a Chevy Silverado truck on Saturday, February 15 when a M4 rifle was found in his possession.
The rifle's serial numbers were run through a reporting system and it was detected to have been stolen in Austin.
Ramirez was arrested on state charges of possession of a stolen firearm and $3,500 bond was set.