Convicted felon arrested with gun, marijuana in Midland stop
TAG officers stopped Julian Jesus Medrano in Midland on 4 November 2026 and found him with marijuana and a firearm as a convicted felon. He was arrested for unlawful firearm possession and booked into the Midland County Detention Center on a U.S. Marshals detainer.
🇺🇸 2300 block of East Front Street, Midland, Texas · Texas, United States
A Midland traffic stop led to the arrest of a convicted felon accused of
possessing a gun and marijuana.[1]On Wednesday, 4 November 2026, TAG Center
Permian Basin members conducted a traffic stop in the 2300 block of East Front
Street in Midland.[1]The driver was identified as Julian Jesus Medrano, whom
the Midland County Sheriff’s Office said is a convicted felon.[1]Authorities
found Medrano in possession of marijuana and a firearm.[1]He was arrested on
a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and was booked into the
Midland County Detention Center.[1]
Jail detainee records list Medrano on a federal detainer by the U.S. Marshals
Service, with no bond set.[1]KOSA reported that driver Julian Medrano, a
convicted felon, was found in possession of marijuana and a gun.[2]KOSA
reported that Medrano was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm by a
felon and booked into the Midland County Detention Center.[2]
The TAG Center Permian Basin includes personnel from the Midland County
Sheriff’s Office, the Ector County Sheriff’s Office, the Midland Police
Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Midland County District
Attorney’s Office, the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the DEA, HIDTA and
the U.S. Marshals Service’s Western District of Texas, El Paso Division.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
KOSAfirstalert7.comTAG arrests convicted felon after gun found during traffic stop in Midland
Open questions the AI reported
No marijuana weight, quantity or valuation was published, so no cannabis kilograms or value are recorded.
No separate cannabis possession charge was reported; the only charge stated is unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
The 4 November 2026 date is the traffic-stop date stated in the text; 5 November 2026 is the publication date of both sources.
Both opened accounts relay the same TAG Center Permian Basin account; no separate agency release beyond those reports was opened.
The full name appears as Julian Jesus Medrano in one report and Julian Medrano in the other; no age, hometown or other identifier beyond convicted-felon status was given in the opened captures.
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