1,000 Guns Found in Bel-Air Mansion Linked to Getty Family
May 9th, 2019Very, very strange.
Read this for background: The curious case of Cynthia Beck’s abandoned Malibu and Bel Air mansions
And now…
Via: Los Angeles Times:
A 57-year-old man identified in court records as the longtime companion of Los Angeles real estate mogul Cynthia Beck was arrested Wednesday after authorities seized more than 1,000 guns from a home in Holmby Hills.
Girard Saenz was taken into custody on suspicion of unlawful transportation and of giving, lending or selling an assault weapon. He is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and court records.
Authorities discovered the cache of weapons while serving a search warrant at the home in the 100 block of North Beverly Glen Boulevard at 4 a.m. Wednesday as part of a joint LAPD and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigation, said Officer Mike Lopez, an LAPD spokesman.
Police launched the probe after they received an anonymous tip about a person manufacturing and selling guns at the home, Lopez said.
The ATF said in a statement that its agents searched the home after discovering an individual was illegally selling firearms outside the scope of the federal license the person possesses.
The Bel-Air mansion was described as a hoarder’s paradise. Court records show the property is owned by Cynthia Beck, who has three daughters with J. Paul Getty’s son Gordon Getty. Beck bought the property in January 2001, but it remains unclear what, if any, connection she has to Wednesday’s events. Beck could not be reached for comment.
Public records show Beck and Saenz together own several pieces of property in Los Angeles and an office building in San Francisco.
