Possession of a Stolen Vehicle Arrest
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
John Burton Cole II
On Jan. 26, 2022, at about 6:39 p.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in the Eureka area observed a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of McKinleyville traveling on Broadway Street.
Deputies conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and detained the driver without incident. As part of their investigation, deputies deployed HCSO K9 Yahtzee to perform a free air sniff around the stolen vehicle. During this procedure, K9 Yahtzee alerted deputies to the presence of a narcotic.
During a search of the vehicle deputies located drug paraphernalia and a key commonly used to bypass vehicle ignition locks.
The driver of the vehicle, 34-year-old John Burton Cole III, was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of possession of stolen property (PC 496(a)), possession of burglary tools (PC 466), possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia (HS 11364(a)), driving with a suspended/revoked license (VC 14601.1(a)) and violation of probation (PC 1203.2(a)(2)).
Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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Look at that giant tribal tattoo what a power bottom 😂
“power bottom”?
What you mean?
Why is it a tribal tat?
That’s a molestache if I’ve ever seen one.
That’s a very powerful and fucked up thing to assume. You should watch what you say I know this man personally and happen to know he’s very family oriented and would never do what you are claiming. You should be ashamed of yourself!
https://oilcity.news/community/city/2021/06/23/drug-sniffing-dogs-frequently-give-false-alerts-marijuana-legalization-forcing-k9-unit-changes/#:~:text=A%202014%20study%20based%20on,of%201%2C219%20experimental%20searching%20tests.
“According to the analysis, officers found drugs or paraphernalia in only 44 percent of cases in which the dogs had alerted them. When the driver was Latino, the dogs were right just 27 percent of the time.”
Police dogs are an effective tool in the sense that they give officers a legal loophole to search a vehicle without consent or a warrant.
Yes, but is this news? They can get the dogs to alert with certain actions and motions. Seen it first hand myself. Back a few years ago there was no standard training for dogs, but I believe this may have changed. Not that it eliminates a fake induced alert.
“Hmm…I’m on probation and I don’t have a license so I think I’ll steal a car and drive to Eureka. Gonna need that bypass key later and I better bring some paraphernalia…no worries, it should be fine!”
Another individual that should live in Folsom.
You mean Represa.
Yes, lock him up.
Yahtzee sniffed and detected the vehicle was stolen !! Thats an amazing animal Why wd he hang out with cops??