Deputies: Man Claims To Be ‘German Foreign Service Agent’ During Roseville Traffic Stop; Ghost Guns Found In Car
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ROSEVILLE (CBS13) A man who allegedly claimed he was a “German Foreign Service Agent” during a traffic stop in Roseville has been arrested after deputies discovered a ghost gun and parts in his vehicle.
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says, early Saturday morning, a deputy pulled over a driver along westbound Interstate 80 at Douglas Boulevard.
Exactly what prompted the traffic stop was not disclosed, but the driver was identified as 32-year-old Rocklin resident Vincent Brown.
A Brief History
On March 1, 1917, one of the most provocative diplomatic messages known to history was disseminated in the American press, the so-called Zimmerman Telegram, sent by Germany to Mexico in January of 1917 and intercepted by the British who dutifully relayed the shocking message to American President Woodrow Wilson. An aghast and angry Wilson wanted to release the contents of the message to the world and the American people immediately but held the news until March 1, 1917. An outraged American public learned of German designs on the American mainland and the telegram was largely responsible for spurring the United States to declare war on the Central Powers, effectively spelling the doom of the Central Powers’ prospects for victory in World War I. While this document revealed German hopes of allying with a Latin American country late in the war to help that country conquer some U.S. territory, did any of the Central Powers ever want to themselves actually conque