Rio Dell Man Arrested; Approximately a Pound of Meth and Shotgun 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:
On Thursday June 30th, 2022 the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) with the assistance of the Fortuna Police Department POP Team served a search warrant in the 100 block of 1st St. in Rio Dell. This warrant was for suspected methamphetamine sales by the resident Jeffrey Newell (59 years old).Booking photo of Jeffrey Newell [Photo provided by the HCDTF]
Agents detained Newell inside of his residence without incident. Agents conducted a search of the residence and located approx. one pound of methamphetamine, a digital scale, packaging materials, and a loaded shotgun. Newell is a convicted felon and is not allowed to possess firearms.
Newell was arrested and booked at the Humboldt County Jail for the following charges:
- H&S 11378 Possession of methamphetamine for sale
- H&S 11370.1 Possession of a controlled substance while armed
- PC 29800 Felon in possession of a firearm
The HCDTF would like to thank the Fortuna POP Team for their assistance.
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.
Confiscated evidence
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Felon not allowed to possess a firearm ? How can this happen ? A pound of meth ? No ammo ?
A pound of Meth and a Shotgun…
What else do you need?
At least he looks wide awake…
A jail cell.
I see two shotgun shells above the gun. That’s plenty for the coming zombie apocalypse.
The shotgun is rusty. Looks like it’s been stored for 100 years, at least, and in Humboldt County…
Guns rust easily in this climate when you dont care for them
Wednesday’s shocking news…
Shotguns should be banned to prevent this from happening, crack me up.
” crack me up” too late, the job is already done, just sayin’!!!
His Mossberg is missing a pin.
It’s not called “Dope” for no reason…
Jeffery, Jeffery, Jeffery… your 59 bro…get your FN sh_t together…time for some grow the F up pills!
That loser looks like Ron Jeremy if he was a crackhead…
Ron was deff A crack head.
I’m sure that had a significant amount to do with his arrest, for Indecent Exposure!!!
Only 1 pound of meth? He should be out in no time… and then get a plea bargain for time served. If Gallegos was still DA then he’d get an apology too!
Lol! He was taken to in and out! He’s probably already re upped!
“Shotguns and meth were both on sale.”
straight white male by Tom Macdonald
https://youtu.be/omMpqbuyDdc
I just recently got introduced to this guy, but Tom MacDonald doesn’t fuck around. “People So Stupid” is a great song
What if Bill Murray broke bad?
poor guy. he’s just trying to make a living.
I did know an old lady that slung speed, just to have company stopping by.
Lots of people sling for the company.
That’s enough Meth to get every person in Rio Dell loaded. I’m thinking locals are reading this right now thinking their dealer got busted and they need to find a new Meth deal but, no worries, Humboldt doesn’t seem to be short handed when it comes to Meth dealers. Meth has ruined the county I grew up in. More than a dozen people I went to school with died of Meth before they reached their 40th birthday. The citizens of Humboldt caved a long time ago and just seem to accept the Met, Heroin, fentanyl , etc. like it’s normal and everywhere is like this. I can assure you, it is not like this in other counties.
The breadth and depth of community complicity, for decades now, with all things street drug related has turned Humboldt County into a cesspool of poverty, addiction, criminality, economic stagnation, and corruption that is closely akin to the typical Mexican narco state of the past or present.
Humboldt County mis an amazing place to live.
Only other countries with drug lord rulers or despots. Thats where we are heading. The open borders to drug traffic isnt by accident. A drugged out population is easy to control. Create a catastrophe then step in heavy handedly to save the sheeple taking away liberty the whole way. Anybody that cant see whats happening really needs to set down the pipe
Lies. What open borders for drug traffic?
Did property values on 1st Street just go up? Or further down?
A pound of meth is a lot of death.
sick
Thank you for your service both Humboldt County Drug Task Force and Fortuna Police Department.
Prison will do him some good…
But Rio dell is such a low crime area. Lol
Instead of spending grant money to beautify Rio Dell, the local concerned citizens would probably much rather start their own POP team. It would better serve the community goal of public safety, which should take precedence over the beautification improvements. We need to pursue a grant to form a POP team in Rio Dell to address the local drug problems.
A killer and a dealer…the Rio Dell cops are on a roll.
C’mon…ziplock bags are used for other things besides packaging meth!