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Deputies Arrest Las Vegas Man Entering Fresno Courthouse With Gun, Drugs

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March 8, 2023

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office says an x-ray machine revealed that a convicted felon entered the courthouse Friday, March 3, 2023, with this handgun. (Fresno County SO)

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It’s probably not the smartest move to take a loaded gun and drugs into the Fresno County Courthouse.

Christian Ward

But that’s what convicted felon Christian Ward of Las Vegas tried to do on Friday, March 3, according to Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies.

A sheriff’s spokesman said that an x-ray machine in the court’s screening area exposed a handgun and methamphetamine in Ward’s bag.

Deputies arrested Ward, 25, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and booked him into jail, where he remains. His bail is $335,000.

Deputies say that Christian Ward of Las Vegas tried to enter the Fresno County Courthouse with this gun on Friday, March 3, 2023. (Fresno County SO)

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