Petaluma police arrest brothers, find rifles, handguns

An October attack by suspected gang members on a rival gang member led to the arrest of Petaluma brothers Monday and the recovery of a stolen assault rifle and four other guns, Petaluma police said.

The initial assault occurred Oct. 14 as a 31-year-old man returned to Petaluma to drive his family around his former home, police Lt. Tim Lyons said Wednesday.

The man got into a vehicle crash in east Petaluma and as he waited for a tow truck, men in a passing pickup stopped and assaulted him. The victim, a rival gang member, protected himself by crawling partially under a parked vehicle and suffered head and torso injuries from being kicked and punched, as well as a stab wound, Lyons said.

The attackers ran as others came to the man’s defense. A police investigation led to Monday’s search warrants at Petaluma homes on Park Lane and Petaluma Boulevard North.

Officers arrested Andy Albor, 25, and Alan Albor, 28, at the Park Lane residence. Petaluma police still are looking for at least one more person in connection with the initial assault, Lyons said.

The two were arrested on parole violations and taken to the Sonoma County Jail where they were being held without bail.

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