Drug Bust
On March 17, officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a vehicle code violation. The driver had a suspended license and his vehicle was impounded. While conducting an inventory of the vehicle prior to impound, the officer searching the vehicle found a grocery bag containing numerous narcotic substances and paraphernalia. The substances totaled 1.82 pounds of methamphetamine, packaged into individual smaller quantities. The bag also contained a scale, empty baggies, a meth pipe, and a jar of marijuana.
Did You Know?
Methamphetamine is a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. Crystal methamphetamine is a form of the drug that looks like glass fragments or shiny, bluish-white rocks. It is chemically similar to amphetamine, a drug used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy, a sleep disorder.
How do people use methamphetamine?
smoking
swallowing (pill)
snorting
injecting the powder that has been dissolved in water/alcohol
Arsonist
On March 17, officers responded to a radio call of multiple trashcans being set on fire at the Escondido Transit Center. The suspect had set 15 trashcans on fire before fleeing. Escondido Police Dispatch then received a call that there was a small clothing fire outside of Wells Fargo Bank. Officers found more small fires with accompanying video footage of the suspect. Officers located the suspect who was later arrested for a total of 18 fires in addition to a parole hold.
