KELSEYVILLE — A man was arrested following reports that he was attempting to sell firearms out of his SUV.
On Tuesday Lake County Sheriff”s Office (LCSO) detectives received information that Benjamin Asher Rose, 22, was allegedly carrying a firearm and attempting to sell firearms unlawfully at the Grocery Outlet in Lakeport.
Detectives worked on obtaining additional information and a search warrant for Rose”s home.
While detectives were conducting the investigation, they received a report alleging that Rose sexually molested two young girls while they were in foster care in 2008 and 2009. Detectives then set up surveillance on Rose to place him under arrest on the molestation charges and serve the search warrant.
On Thursday at approximately 4:30 p.m., detectives spotted Rose as he left his home in a black Lexus sedan. Because of the possibility that the suspect was in possession of firearms, deputies and detectives conducted a high-risk traffic stop on Rose on Soda Bay Road near Steelhead Drive in Kelseyville.
Rose had a loaded 9mm handgun in a holster on his right hip. Detectives searched Rose”s home and found five loaded rifles, three loaded handguns and a loaded shotgun in his room.
Rose was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14, and continuous sexual abuse of a child.
He was additionally charged with carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle and carrying a loaded firearm in a public place.
Benjamin Rose remains in custody at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility on $500,000 bail.
