The Mead Police Department seized 79 firearms from two men following a Dec. 30 traffic stop.
Jason Balzer, 32, and Benjamin Leyba, 44, were traveling in a vehicle at approximately 10 p.m. Dec. 30 when they were stopped by town police for failing to signal and having an altered license plate, according to information posted on the Town of Mead website.
During the officers’ investigation, they found 72 firearms in the vehicle. The police department later executed a search warrant of a storage unit in Mead and confiscated seven other firearms before the suspects were arrested.
The weapons seized included rifles, shotguns and pistols. The information in the Mead news release did not indicate the location of the traffic stop.
Balzer was arrested for 74 violations of a protection order, two felony counts of possession of an illegal weapon and two counts possession of a dangerous weapon. Leyba, a parolee, was charge with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He also had an active warrant for aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
Both men were transported to the Weld County Jail. Balzer paid bail and is no longer in custody according to information from the Weld County Sheriff’s Office. Leyba remains in custody on $1,500 bond for each of the five charges.
If anyone has information on this case, you’re asked to contact the Mead Police Department through the Weld County Regional Communications Center at 970-350-9600.
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