A Grover Beach resident on parole for a violent crime was arrested after police received reports of a man waving a firearm in the air.
About 7:31 p.m., Grover Beach officers responded to the report near Longbranch Avenue and 7th Street and found a man matching the description nearby, the department said in a Facebook post.
Officers contacted the man, 43-year-old Robert Wray, who did not comply with initial commands. After additional officers arrived, police took Wray into custody.
After arresting Wray, officers discovered that he had a box of .38 caliber ammunition in his back pocket and that he had discarded a loaded revolver in a nearby bush shortly before being handcuffed.
The department said Wray is on active parole for a violent crime, and that he was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail on suspicion of charges of felony possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm with a prior felony conviction , carrying a concealed weapon. possession of a firearm with a conviction for a violent felony and violation of parole.
As of Saturday morning, Wray appeared to still be in custody at the jail on a $0 bond, according to the Sheriff’s Office’s Who’s in Custody website.
The Grover Beach Police Department said it is also working with State Parks to determine if Wray was the same person reported with a gun earlier that evening at a nearby state park.
