The California Department of Justice seized 11 firearms after executing a search warrant Oct. 29 at a residential care home in Concord and arrested an employee, the attorney general said.

Agents recovered 11 firearms, including eight assault weapons, and found them in an upstairs area of the facility, the attorney general’s office said; the facility housed elderly residents and infant children, which the office said raised public safety concerns.

The attorney general’s office said the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse will prosecute; the charges filed include one felony count of importation of an assault weapon, nine felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, one felony count of importation of a large-capacity magazine, and one misdemeanor count of improper storage of a firearm where a child or prohibited person could gain access.

Attorney General said, “A residential care setting is supposed to be a sanctuary of safety and protection. Introducing firearms into an environment dedicated to providing care raises serious concerns about the well-being of those who depend on these facilities as well as the safety of the individuals working in the facilities.”

The attorney general’s office said the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse investigates abuse and neglect involving elderly and dependent adults in care facilities and receives 75 percent of its Federal Fiscal Year 2027 funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award of $85,882,152; the remaining 25 percent, $28,627,384 for FFY 2027, is funded by the State of California.

The attorney general’s office noted that charges are allegations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

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