HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – A report of a loud party in a Hidden Valley Lake home early Tuesday morning led to the homeowner's arrest for a warrant and a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Peggy Noreen Pollack, 52, was arrested at the scene, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
At 2 a.m. Tuesday deputies responded to the 19000 block of Deer Hill Road in Hidden Valley Lake regarding a loud party, Brooks said.
When deputies arrived at the address they noticed several vehicles parked in the driveway, one of which appeared to have vomit on it, he reported.
Deputies contacted several minors who exhibited signs of being under the influence of alcohol. While speaking to the minors, Pollack walked outside and contacted the deputies, according to Brooks.
Pollack wanted to know why the deputies were there, as she is the homeowner. Brooks said she admitted to having several minors at her home and said her son had invited them. She denied knowing that the minors were consuming alcohol at her home and said she had been sleeping.
Based on the deputies’ initial observations, they conducted a walk-through of the residence to check the welfare of the minors, Brooks said.
As the deputies walked onto the front patio, they could smell the overwhelming odor of alcohol. Brooks said they noticed numerous empty beer cans scattered on the patio and strewn across the decking.
The deputies located several other minors, who exhibited of being under the influence of alcohol. Brooks said the deputies contacted several parents who were able to respond and transport their children home. They also made arrangements for a responsible sober adult to watch over any remaining minors at the residence.
Central Dispatch conducted a records check of Pollack and advised she had a felony warrant for her arrest, Brooks said.
Brooks said Pollack was arrested for the warrant and for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.
Bail was set at $40,000, with Pollack later posting the required percentage of bail in order to be released, according to jail records.
Pollack's husband, Jack, was sentenced to six years in federal prison last September and 18 years in state prison in February for separate 2012 cases involving drug and weapons possession and previous prior felonies.
In November 2012, he was found by local deputies with methamphetamine, drug scales and a rifle. The following month, he was arrested by federal agents in connection to a home invasion robbery in which it was alleged he had cased the home that several armed men later entered and took marijuana. In the federal case, he was convicted on two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.