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Markus Beck (Gilroy Police Department) and the home he allegedly rigged to explode (KNTV screenshot)

Markus Beck (Gilroy Police Department) and the home he allegedly rigged to explode (KNTV screenshot)

A 46-year-old man in California has been arrested after going on a crime spree that included causing two drunken driving crashes with a loaded handgun in the car and an assault rifle in his trunk, then booby-trapping his home, rigging the house to explode via a cellphone trigger.

Markus Beck was taken into custody last week and charged with driving under the influence, hit-and-run and illegal storage of firearms, authorities announced.

According to a press release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, officers with the Gilroy Police Department at about 4:24 a.m. on Feb. 28 responded to reports of a hit-and-run crash in the area of Mantelli Drive and Wren Avenue, about 80 miles southeast of San Francisco.

When first responders arrived at the scene, it appeared that the driver had crashed into numerous parked cars before fleeing. A short while later, officers responded to another location near the initial crash site, where another car had been sideswiped by a man driving a BMW. Police said that a witness at the scene led them to the BMW that allegedly caused the crash.

Officers approached the vehicle and found the suspect — later identified as Beck — sitting in the driver’s seat with a loaded gun at his feet. Beck was placed under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence. Officers conducted a search of his vehicle and recovered a loaded AR15-style assault rifle in the trunk, the release states.

Police said that the drunken driving incident was the second time they had encountered Beck in the last week.

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