GONZALES — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced that David Paul Farias, 43, of Gonzales, was sentenced to four years in prison on Dec. 4 for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
On Jan. 9, 2024, Farias was instructed to report to the Salinas Parole Office to be placed on GPS monitoring. Farias was taken into custody on a parole violation, and his cell phone was searched. On his cell phone was a picture of a firearm, which Farias was not allowed to possess due to prior felony convictions.
On Jan. 11, 2024, a parole search was conducted at Farias’ residence in Gonzales. Inside a safe in his garage, investigators located a safe containing the firearm from the photograph from Farias’ cell phone, along with over 100 rounds of ammunition.
Farias was sentenced to two years in state prison, which was doubled to four years due to prior “strike” convictions within the meaning of California’s Three Strikes Law.
