San Jose police: Central Valley man arrested, accused of trafficking machine gun switches

SAN JOSE — Police have announced the arrest earlier this month of a Stockton-area man who they allege trafficked hundreds of so-called “Glock switches” that convert popular handguns into fully-automatic pistols.

The underlying investigation began in mid-November the San Jose Police Department’s GHOST gun-suppression team got a tip from the Santa Clara County Probation Department about illegal gun making, according to a police news release.

Detectives eventually identified Kenneth Jeremiah Tafoya...