An armed man who posed as a city employee in an attempt to gain access to a Fullerton business was arrested.
Officers responded around 8:30 a.m. to a business in the 1800 block of West Commonwealth Avenue regarding a suspicious person, according to the Fullerton Police Department.
The man was wearing a reflective vest and claimed to be a city worker, checking on a power surge that happened overnight, police said.
Officers searched the suspect and located a loaded 9mm handgun in his waistband. The man also was in possession of burglary tools and narcotics, police said.
Police arrested the suspect identified as 28-year-old Junichi Kitasumi of Irvine on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, burglary tools and narcotics.
—City News Service