Man out on bail from Yuba County arrested in Truckee
Allegedly found to be in possession of stolen handgun Thursday
While out on bail for weapons charges in Yuba County, a Nevada man was arrested in Truckee with a stolen handgun. Yuba County deputies seized 10 firearms from convicted felon Darrel Higginbotham, 52, Feb. 28, after deputies responded to a prowler call in Olivehurst. He was found with a loaded .45-caliber handgun and a weapon known as a sap – a leather, lead-filled impact weapon. Deputies also searched his vehicle and found multiple weapons and high-capacity magazines, including two shortbarreled assault rifles, a shotgun and six handguns, two of which were confirmed as stolen, according to Appeal-democrat archives. As a convicted felon, Higginbotham is the subject of a restraining order.
Days after that arrest, Yuba County sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant on a storage unit in his possession and recovered additional guns, according to department spokeswoman Leslie Carbah. She said the case remains under active investigation.
A Truckee officer spotted
Higginbotham in a grocery store parking lot Thursday and thought he looked familiar, according to The Union newspaper. The officer then realized that a week earlier the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office had issued an alert for Higginbotham calling him armed and dangerous and claiming he had several weapons.
Upon realizing Higginbotham was a wanted felon, the officer searched Higginbotham’s Dodge Dakota and recovered a stolen handgun, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, methamphetamine, heroin, pills, burglary tools and a folding knife, according to The Union.
He remains in Nevada County Jail in relation to that arrest. He is expected to appear in Yuba County Superior Court for arraignment on 16 felony weapons charges March 26.