A couple was busted on drug charges after a Napa police officer stopped the car they were riding in for possible vehicle code violations, according to an arrest summary from the City of Napa Police Department.
Around 4 p.m., Wednesday, the officer pulled over the vehicle on West Imola Avenue and Highway 29.
The driver, Ryan Hofman, 18, a transient, is on probation and wanted on a outstanding Sonoma County warrant, police said.
Hofman’s probation terms mandate he must submit to search and seizure.
Lexy Ann Wetterling, 21, a transient, was a passenger in the car. She consented to let the officer search her purse, where he found methamphetamine, according to police.
A search of the vehicle also uncovered more meth, police said.
Hofman and Wetterling both claimed to possessing the drug and knowledge that the meth was in her purse, police said.
The pair was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections.
Police took Timothy Cheshire into custody Wednesday after they found him inside a residence in the 100 block of Golden Gate Drive, according to an arrest summary.
The current resident had moved out and left some of his belongings and valuables inside the home, police said.
Cheshire, who is on probation, was found to be in possession of a glass smoking pipe and burnt residue used for smoking controlled substances, police said.
Cheshire, 35, of Napa, was arrested on suspicion of drug charges and burglary (entering the home) and booked into the NCDC.
Manuel Ochoa was taken into custody after police stopped the vehicle he was driving for a code violation, according to an arrest summary.
After the officer stopped Ochoa’s vehicle around 11 p.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of Trancas Avenue, he noticed Ochoa showed signs of being under the influence of alcohol, according to the summary.
Ochoa was evaluated by the officer and determined to be DUI, police said.
Ochoa is on probation for a prior DUI and was also arrested on suspicion of driving on a suspended drivers license. He was booked into the NCDC.
On Nov. 30, two Napa men were arrested on suspicion of drug charges after police discovered them in the Pearl Street Garage trying to get out of the rain, according to an arrest summary.
The men, Jacob Foux, 20, and Chad Pallett, 36, of Napa are both on probation with search and seizure terms, police said.
Upon searching them, officers found a meth pipe with a usable amount of the drug in the pipe on Foux, police said, adding, Pallett possessed a bottle of liquor, which is a violation of his probation terms to abstain from the use of alcohol, the press release said.
Foux was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia and booked into NCDC.
A report will be filed with the district attorney’s office seeking a complaint against Pallett, police added.
Also on Nov. 30, police stopped Manuel Alvarez, 32, of Napa on a vehicle code violation on Solano Avenue, near Lincoln Avenue, the press release said
While talking to Alvarez, the officer said he showed signs of being under the influence of a controlled substance, police said.
After evaluating Alvarez’s condition, the officer determined him to being under the influence of drugs, the press release said.
The officer also found Alvarez to be in possession of a small amount of methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe, police said.
Alvarez was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, under the influence of meth and violation of probation.
He was booked into the NCDC.
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