DAYVILLE — Grant County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police personnel arrested an armed Mt. Vernon man in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 15, who was allegedly in possession of a stolen vehicle.

Daniel Antonio Lopez, 34, of Mt. Vernon was identified as the driver of a car reported to have been stolen the previous day in Deschutes County, according to a Tuesday, Feb. 15, press release from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley said residents in Dayville reported a 2007 Toyota Rav4 had broken down and left in the Dayville Mini Mart parking lot.

McKinley said Lopez was initially uncooperative when asked for his identification and, when arrested, was found to have been carrying a concealed handgun.

According to the Grant County Jail inmate roster, Lopez was booked on charges of possessing a stolen vehicle and felony possession of a concealed weapon without a permit.