It is illegal for a private citizen to possess a sawed-off modern smokeless powder shotgun (a shotgun with a barrel length shorter than 18 inches (46 cm) or a minimum overall length of the weapon, total, including the 18-inch minimum barrel, of under 26 inches.
Chief Deputy Roberto De Leon reported that on Wednesday, Deputies were summoned to the Loma Bonita Sector of the community regarding a complaint call.
Once in the area, deputies pulled over a Ford Explorer that was being driven in a reckless manner.
The driver was identified as 51-year-old Maria Espinoza who was arrested after deputies found the altered weapon in the vehicle.
Espinoza was transported to the Tom Bowles Detention Center for processing.