On September 1, 2025, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the 4800-block of Winding Way for reports of an assault in progress. When deputies arrived, they learned that the 73-year-old victim had been attacked by his son, Dean Wescott II.
The victim suffered a cut to his face and difficulty hearing after being struck multiple times in the ear. During the assault, Dean also threatened to retrieve a gun and shoot his father. The victim told deputies that Dean had access to firearms and, along with his brother, Dylan Wescott, had been manufacturing untraceable 3D-printed “ghost guns.”
Deputies knew from prior contacts that both brothers were convicted felons and prohibited from possessing firearms. While deputies were searching the residence, other deputies assigned to the perimeter witnessed a man walking in a crosswalk nearby get struck by a speeding vehicle. The driver fled the scene.
Deputies immediately rushed to provide first aid and detained the fleeing vehicle a short distance away. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded and arrested the driver for DUI and felony hit-and-run. The injured pedestrian, later identified as the suspect Dean Wescott II, was taken to the hospital with a fractured leg and head injuries.
Inside the Wescott residence, deputies discovered five unserialized 3D-printed handguns, multiple magazines, and a carbine conversion kit in plain view. A report was forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for charges related to assault, threats, and illegal firearms.
On September 9, 2025, deputies obtained a search warrant to further investigate ghost gun manufacturing at the Wescott home. With the assistance of explosives-detection K9 “Kaz,” deputies seized the following items:
- Seven 3D printers, tools, and related parts
- Fifteen spools of filament
- A 3D-printed pistol and multiple Glock-style frames
- Eight 3D-printed magazines
- Firearm components, including barrels, trigger mechanisms, and magazine springs
- Tablets and a laptop used in manufacturing
Deputies forwarded charges against Dean to the District Attorney’s Office for review.
Sheriff Brown said, “Thanks to some exceptional patrol work and follow-up investigation on the part of SBSO deputies, a dangerous assembly operation for untraceable firearms, operated by persons who are legally prohibited from being armed, was thwarted. Those responsible were arrested or identified, and charges will be sought against them. Our community is a safer place as a result of the deputies’ actions.”
Deputies also obtained an arrest warrant for Dylan Wescott, who remains outstanding. His charges include:
- Manufacturing and possessing unserialized firearms
- Manufacturing firearms without a license using 3D printers
- Possession of firearms by a prohibited person
- Manufacturing undetectable firearms
Anyone with information about Dylan Wescott’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch at (805) 683-2724.
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I wonder if any of their GOP endorsed finished products made it to our children? Or, if any were sold under the table at local yard sales, swap meets or online sales apps. They want to sell firearms into neighborhoods like drugs.
After the tragic assassination this week, you still feel the need to politicize this story.
You lost me at “tragic”
Good catch. A lot can be gleaned from when these right wingers do and do not speak up and how they characterize things. Melissa Hortman was tragically assassinated and her husband murdered (and dog killed and two other Minnesota politicians shot) and there wasn’t a single peep from that hypocrite or any other piece of right wing fascist maggot garbage, from the “base” to the President. But somehow the murder (not assassination) of a racist misogynist bigoted hater who glorified the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, who said the word “empathy” was some woke plot, who sad that black women lack brain power so they have to steal “white slots”, who constantly fomented and incited and glorified violence–somehow these right wing traitors to humanity, America, and the Enlightenment principles on which it was founded find *his* murder oh so tragic.
Stop crying. That was what you voted for.
Wasn’t that murder political? Wasn’t Kirk political? Aren’t you right wingers telling the lie that Kirk was shot by someone on the left? Isn’t gun policy hugely political, with a political divide on who supports which policies? What is even the basis of your comment, other than the extreme dishonesty and hypocrisy of you and all other right wingers?
Tell me, is this statement political?
“You can’t give ’em a choice. Either you take the resources that we’re going to give you, or you decide that you gotta be locked up in jail… Or, uh, involuntary lethal injection. Or something. Just kill ’em.” — Brian Killmeade, speaking on Fox and Friends about the homeless
Read the comments section of https://www.foxnews.com/politics/eyewitness-describes-moment-charlie-kirk-assassinated-we-knew-immediately … that will tell you a lot about the politics of the right wing and of Charlie Kirk’s fans.
omg I don’t remember ever reading about this horror.
Which horror? There are so many of them generated by the right wing.
My heart goes out to the dad who gets his life threatened by his own son. It must be unimaginable painful for him to live through how these two turned out and what he has to endure as a dad. Great work capturing one of these terrible men, let’s hope his brother will also be captured asap. Some people are unfortunately just hopeless.
It would be interesting to know what Dad knew about these illegal weapons. He apparently told the sheriffs that the sons had them. The manufacture was seemingly in his home. Has he been forced to allow this or was he OK until they turned on him?
Each of these charges should carry at least a 1-5 year mandatory minimum sentence. That is, if we actually care about gun laws.
So your for a more lenient sentence than already on the books?
AI Overview
A convicted felon possessing a firearm faces penalties at the federal level, potentially up to 10 years in prison, and can be subjected to a 15-year minimum sentence if they have prior violent felony or drug trafficking convictions under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). State laws, such as California’s Penal Code Section 29800, carry their own penalties, which can include up to three years in county jail, a $10,000 fine, or both, though these can be enhanced by prior strikes.
SAIL – do each of the other charges carry the same sentence? You only focused on one.
And no, I said “at least.” That phrase has a meaning. I’d honestly prefer at least 10 years. Like I said, it should be more. This guy should be locked up for a very long time.
If you all don’t want more gun laws, then we need harsher penalties for those on the books. All violations should have mandatory minimums.
I wonder if they’ll pass any new gun laws after what happened? Would be interesting to see how the GOP votes on a “Charlie Kirk Law” relating to guns.
I know you think we need more laws. There are plenty of gun laws and duplicate laws on the books. Law enforcement and the judicial system need to hold the criminals accountable. These guys are criminals that didn’t receive enough of punishment to be a deterrent the first time or the second time.
LOL, bud, we need fewer guns. And we need people in leadership positions to stop calling for violence against others.
Neither will happen.
SAIL – I didn’t say that. I asked if the other charges had similar 10-15 sentences, then I expressed my desire that they do have stricter sentences.
Do you even know how to respond on topic?
You can google specific criminal sentences the same as me. Doesn’t really matter how many laws they write. The truth is the maximum sentences are seldom imposed by the current non enforcement system. These guys are probably getting a couple free meals and back on the streets.
https://www.noozhawk.com/captains-log-going-shooting-is-more-fun-than-folks-realize/
Bullpuckey.
Gun nuts twist themselves into all sorts of knots to justify their cognitive dissonance.
Amazing that the “captain” would emit something like that after what happened in his family.
SAIL – not sure if you’re just not smart enough to realize it or are just too hateful to accept it, but we are absolutely agreeing on this.
Why all the crying?
I mean, you’re clearly lazy, SAIL. You took only ONE charge to use in a half-a$$ed “argument” against me and now refuse to complete it by refuting my claim about the other charges?
Just lazy. So sick of trying to have a conversation, much less debate, with MAGA people. Like Kirk, you pretend you’re conversing with others, but just ramble off topic, interrupt and shout down anyone who tries to present a coherent rebuttal to your claims. Masterdebaters, indeed.
More proof MAGAcan enemies live among us.
What we need less of is fundamentally dishonest right wing trash.
> There are plenty of gun laws and duplicate laws on the books.
https://publicsafety.utah.edu/home-safety-news/new-rules-for-concealed-weapons-on-campus/
“Utah lawmakers updated state law governing firearms during the 2025 General Session.
Under the changes in HB 128, which went into effect on May 7, individuals who are 18 years old or older and have a current Utah concealed weapon permit (CWP) may carry a weapon on campus, including in an “open” fashion.”
LOL, they won’t. They will just use this to call for more violence against their political enemies. Seeing these people cry when it happens to THEIR chosen public fugue and keeping their mouths shut when it happens to children is the most laughable thing.
I am curious why no name for the person arrested for DUI and felony hit and run? It would be nice to know who that person was.