Doc arrested on weapons charges

A Chico physician has been arrested on weapons violations after police found his car in the Sacramento River.

Chico police officers helped California State Parks conduct a welfare check last Wednesday (Nov. 20) at a home on Roycott Lane, where they found Alfred Villasenor (pictured) allegedly positioned in an “ambush posture,” according to a police press release.

Officers searched his home and found a semiautomatic rifle, an assault weapon, two manufactured handguns and ammunition. Villasenor was arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order, illegal possession of a firearm and possession of an assault weapon.

According to Villasenor’s profile on the Chico Direct Care website, the general practice doctor is a military veteran and family man. Court records show he’d been arrested on similar weapons charges in October.