CLEARWATER (FOX 13) -
Pinellas sheriff's
deputies serving an eviction on Son T. Uong's Clearwater home Monday
morning found another weapon and more ammunition. That is in
addition to the arsenal found in Uong's car Saturday afternoon after
an altercation with a parking enforcement officer.
Clearwater police said
Uong was in a rage after getting a ticket in a Clearwater Beach
parking lot Saturday afternoon. He allegedly spotted a parking
enforcement officer, blocked the officer's truck with his own
vehicle, and tried to pull 60-year old Norton McGiffen out of his
truck.
McGiffen had already
called for assistance on his radio, and police officers arrived on
the scene within two minutes.
"When they got
there, they saw the altercation and heard him say, 'Someone's going
to die today,'" spokesman Joelle Castilli said Monday afternoon.
Arrest records say the
37-year old Uong resisted being handcuffed. Officers found a
loaded semi-automatic handgun in his pants pocket, and "There
was a [hand] gun in the glovebox that was concealed but readily
accessible if he needed it...and [an assault rifle] in the trunk that
was also readily accessible and loaded."
Officers also said
they found 348 rounds of ammunition in the car.
"He's a felon"
Castilli said, "He's not supposed to have any weapons on him, he
does not have a concealed weapons permit."
The arrest affidavits say
Uong is unemployed and his felony convictions were in 1994 and 1995.
Coincidentally, a spokesperson for the Pinellas Sheriffs Office said,
a bank recently repossessed Uong's home and deputies were scheduled
to finalize the eviction Monday morning.
Clearwater police were
also present when deputies arrived early Monday morning.
"Of course there
was in the back of everybody's mind that there may be guns in the
home," said sheriff's spokesperson Cecilia Barreda. "We did
a search of the home and did in fact find a gun and some ammunition."
That weapon was
another semi-automatic handgun.
Neither law
enforcement agency had any knowledge of Uong since his 1994
convictions. A neighbor described him as her "best
neighbor, very quiet."
Multiple
investigations continue.
"We're currently
looking into why he had all these weapons and if he had any plans of
doing anything," Castilli continued.
So far Uong is charged
with armed burglary for opening the parking enforcement officer's
truck door, battery on that officer, carrying a concealed firearm,
felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and resisting arrest.
Police provided this list of weapons:
- A Sig Sauer 556 assault rifle with eight high-capacity magazines and law enforcement/military EOTech with night vision sight, mountable bi-pod, and light
- A Sig Sauer P238 380-caliber handgun with three magazines
- Glock 27 40-caliber combat handgun with eight high-capacity magazines
- 188 rounds of .556/.223 rifle ammunition
- 142 rounds of .40 auto pistol ammunition
- 18 rounds of .380 auto pistol ammunition
Photo courtesy PCSO.
