Resident guilty of threats, stalking

A Costa Mesa man who was armed to the teeth when he was arrested last year faces more than 15 years in prison after his conviction Tuesday for stalking his estranged wife and threatening Huntington Beach police.

Ronald Gary Turner, 45, was convicted of numerous felonies, including stalking and possessing destructive devices.

In April 2008, Turner was put on probation after pleading guilty to domestic violence and ordered to keep away from his estranged wife. He didn’t attend the court-ordered batterer’s treatment program, and authorities issued a warrant for his arrest. With an arrest warrant in hand and a tip that Turner had bombs and had been threatening police, his wife, her attorney and the judge presiding over their case, police arrested him.

Police pulled over Turner during a traffic stop and found handcuffs, pepper spray, throwing knives and a stolen handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets and the serial numbers scratched off in his car. He faces up to 15 years and four months in prison at his Aug. 27 sentencing at Fullerton’s North Justice Center.

— Joseph Serna