Assault rifles, weapons cache seized as San Francisco police arrest four suspects

San Francisco police say officers arrested four suspects in the Sunset District for allegedly being in possession of and manufacturing illegal firearms.

On Aug. 21, police served a search warrant on the 1500 block of 48th Avenue where officers found and seized 29 firearms, multiple rounds of ammunition with various calibers and narcotics, police announced Wednesday in a statement.

Authorities said the search warrant resulted from an ongoing investigation into the possession and distribution of illegal firearms.

Police identified the suspects as 60-year-old Bart Yoldi of San Francisco, 37-year-old Ahmad Aboudallah of San Francisco, 38-year-old Gina Costello of San Francisco, and 51-year-old Todd Brown of San Francisco.

Police booked Yoldi on charges of possession of a controlled substance while armed, two counts of possession of an assault weapon, possession of methamphetamines, criminal storage of a firearm and three counts of manufacturing/assembling a firearm.

Aboudallah was booked on charges of possession of a controlled substance while armed, possession of an assault weapon, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, manufacturing/assembly of a firearm and criminal storage of a firearm.

Police booked Costello on charges of possession of a silencer, possession of a control substance while armed, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of methamphetamines. 

Brown faces charges of nines counts of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a controlled substance while arms, four counts of possession of short-barrelled rifles/sawed off shotguns, manufacturing assault weapons, criminal storage of a firearm, possession of methamphetamines and six counts of manufacturing/assembling a firearm.

Jerold Chinn

Jerold serves as a reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief for SFBay covering transportation and occasionally City Hall and the Mayor's Office in San Francisco. His work on transportation has been recognized by the San Francisco Press Club. Born and raised in San Francisco, he graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in journalism. Jerold previously wrote for the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization. When not reporting, you can find Jerold taking Muni to check out new places to eat in the city.