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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The service of a search warrant by the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force last Wednesday has resulted in two felony arrests and the seizure of approximately one ounce of methamphetamine and over $2,000 in US currency for asset forfeiture.
On Oct. 12 narcotics detectives secured a search warrant for the person, home and vehicles of 26-year-old Ashley Nicole Saxon of Kelseyville, according to Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19, at approximately 12 p.m., detectives spotted Saxon riding as a passenger in a white Chevy coupe being driven by her boyfriend, 46-year-old Manuel Vincent Sotelo, in the area of their home in Soda Bay, Bauman said. Sotelo was on felony probation and active parole for a prior narcotics conviction.
Task force detectives conducted an enforcement stop on the vehicle on Bergesen Drive and detained both Saxon and Sotelo without incident, Bauman said.
During their detention, Saxon attempted to dispose of a small bag of methamphetamine and a subsequent search of her person revealed she was concealing a “meth” pipe on her person beneath her clothing, Bauman reported.
Narcotics detectives transported Saxon and Sotelo to their Cypress Avenue home where they executed the search warrant. Bauman said the couple had a video surveillance system monitoring the front of the home and when detectives entered the house, they found a police scanner inside actively monitoring the sheriff’s primary radio frequency.
During a search of the home, detectives located a zippered case concealed beneath a pile of dirty clothing in the master bedroom. Further examination of the case revealed that it contained approximately one ounce of methamphetamine and other narcotics sales paraphernalia, Bauman said.
He said two digital scales also were found concealed in a nightstand in the same bedroom. A total of $2,201 in US currency was seized from Saxon and Sotelo collectively, as the suspected profits of drug trafficking.
Both subjects were arrested and transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility, according to Bauman.
Saxon was booked for possession of a controlled substance for sales, transportation of a controlled substance and possession of narcotics paraphernalia, with bail set at $15,000. She later posted bail and was released.
Sotelo was booked for possession of a controlled substance for sales, violation of his probation, violation of his parole and driving on a suspended license. The alleged probation violation resulted in a no bail hold, and he remained in jail on Monday.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be contacted through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.
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