Man Arrested for Narcotics Sales; Over 30 Firearms Confiscated
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
Brodie Houseworth
On October 26th, 2021, special agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) served a search warrant in the 2800 block of Van Duzen Rd. in Alton. Agents had been investigating the homeowner, Brodie Houseworth (27 years old), for several weeks for narcotics sales and firearm trafficking.
Agents detained Houseworth on the front porch of his residence. Agents located a loaded 5 shot .22 caliber Derringer in the back pocket of Houseworth’s jeans. Agents conducted a search of Houseworth’s residence and located 30 additional firearms inside the house along with 5 individually packaged bags of methamphetamine, 2 digital scales, and packaging materials for drug sales.
Houseworth was arrested and transported to the Humboldt County Jail where he was booked for the following charges:
- 11370.1 H&S Possession of a controlled substance while armed
- 11378 H&S Possession of methamphetamine for sale
11366 H&S Operating or maintaining a drug house
Anyone with information related to this investigation or other narcotics related crimes are encouraged to call the Humboldt County Drug Task Force at 707-267-9976.
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Everyone knows you need protection if your dealing meth and that looks like a pretty large quantity he had to look out for.
Looks like a couple week’s personal use. Pretty small quantity compared to the usual busts.
Release states he had a “5 shot .22 caliber Derringer”. It’s not a derringer, it’s a mini-revolver.
Correct. And the cylinder is in backwards!🤣
It certainly isn’t going to shoot like that!
good eye, too bad it wouldn’t 🤣
Good eye!
It’s in backwards after the cops cleared it. And really, the cylinder is not actually installed, but loosely in place, as the cylinder pin is sitting on the table. So, no, it would not be operable in that state and that is the intent. You wouldn’t inventory and display/photograph loaded firearms.
No gun charges?
I am finding it a little hard to believe those were all obtained legally.
he was clearly trading tweak for stolen shit, in this case it was mostly guns. hopefully these guns go back to their rightful owners.
Those are his dad’s gun [edit] he inherited them
Brodie’s been blowing it. Now your fine collection may not return to your house, not worth it. Sucky drug drags you down. Like my dad said” straighten up and fly right”!
He was in a bad place bro
Nice face full of meth moles…
Its pickin pox!
Besides all the weapons, he’s just 27 and owns a house: Appropriate name: House-worth.
its his parents home. the real question is why didn’t they charge Kenneth with maintaining a drug house. the select shit the LEOs do around here is why there is a massive problem. and the problem stems from entitlement issues locals seem to have. furthermore Kenneth only pays $854 a year in property tax while some of his neighbors pay twice to 3 times that on the same street. so long story short – the locals cause all the problems and pay the least to deal with them. maybe it is time to get rid of prop13.
Because Kenneth passed away that’s why.
Sadly his dad Kenny passed away unexpectedly and his mom has not lived in this home for a very long time. Brodie moved in his dad’s house after his death.
Really? Prop 13 was passed to put some constraints on government greed. You seem to lament that California isn’t amongst the highest property taxes in the nation. Do you really think that whenever a house sells in an area that everyones taxes should go up?
The article says he was charged with maintaining a drug house. There is usually a good reason why some people pay more and it doesn’t have to do with whether you are local or not. So if you pay more on the same street, maybe the county appraiser decided you were an asshole and gave you a special rate. Prop. 13 has allowed me to stay in my home but it hasn’t caused me to like entitled assholes who come from another area with more money.
Someone’s going to awfully glad to get their Python back!
Meth & guns! What could be more American?!
Apple pie and debt.
Hillbillies, guns and meth a typical story in NorCal.
You gotta get out more. Hillbillies, guns and meth are a universal story is the US. Northern California is not special in anyway. Go to Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon, Washington, Tennessee, Kentucky. Get a map.
Alcohol and guns!
No cash. Must have used his cash to buy weapons. That’s one way to get weapons’ off the streets. There are rifles on the upper left side of the weapons page. Wonder why they weren’t shown. And very few shotguns and AR-15’s. Maybe they went to meth hunters of ducks and deer. I think a meth head would try shooting ducks with an AR-15 since I understand a lot of deer hunters kill deer or five or six with one clip.
So I know Brodie personally those guns were his dad’s that passed away almost a year ago And the looks of it there all the same he wasn’t selling them. He showed me every single one of them and ya he got into a bad habit which suck but hope this can stear him back to the Brodie I met.
Nothing is as big a buzz kill as a few facts and some empathy.
Darn you, sir!
Gosh darn you!
Thank you for the insightful post, Chad.