Man arrested with ghost gun outside south bay jail

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The Sheriff’s Department released a photo of the ghost gun seized from a man outside the Mesa Reentry Facility and George Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa. Photo provided by San Diego Sheriff’s Department

By Gina Yarbrough

Otay Mesa, CA–A man was arrested Monday after being found with a ghost gun outside of a county jail in South Bay, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.

The incident occurred just after 3 p.m. in the 400 block of Alta Road in Otay Mesa. 

Deputies from the East Mesa Reentry Facility and George Bailey Detention Facility were patrolling the parking lots when they saw a car enter a restricted area, Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Aaron Brooke stated in the department’s news release.

Deputies made a traffic stop and contacted the occupants in the vehicle. With their consent, deputies searched the car and found a loaded 9mm ghost gun with no identifying serial number inside of a backpack on the passenger floorboard. 

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During the investigation, 21-year-old Isaiah Cisneros admitted the ghost gun belonged to him. He was arrested and booked into the San Diego Central Jail for possession of a firearm on jail grounds, possession of a concealed firearm, and possession of a ghost gun. 

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