Sleeping Driver at WalMart Found with Narcotics in Vehicle, Says Del Norte County Deputies
Information from the Del Norte 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:
On 5/31/24, Deputies were dispatched to Wal-Mart for a welfare check. Upon arrival they located 34 year old James Steinmetz of Oregon asleep in his vehicle.
Deputies had reason to believe that Steinmetz had narcotics in his vehicle. Steinmetz was removed from the vehicle and K9 Zuko was deployed for a free air sniff.
K9 Zuko alerted to the odor of narcotics within the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle Deputies located approximately 114 grams (4 ounces) of suspected fentanyl, 1.1 grams of methamphetamine and 38 doses of LSD. Numerous cell phones and other evidence pertaining to the sale and use of narcotics was also located.
Steinmetz was booked for HS 11351 and HS 11352(a)
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K9 Zuko is beautiful dog.
Enough Fentanyl to KILL Arcata…
A very good reason to just set a government lab to cooking pure product, and just handing it out as a nasal spray, to anyone who asks for it.
It is a stupid dealer, who’s business KILLS his customer…
But then there’s Tobacco, Automobiles, Sunlight…
. . . . Alcohol.
OH yeah! Thanks!
(I never touch the stuff)
How about some education along with the picture? What is each item and how is it used? Why the cellphone collection, all with SIM cards? What was the Oregonian intending to do with all this stuff? Why was he at WalMart? What’s his life story? Will he get clean and sober? So many questions!
The chemicals he sells promote mental illness, that’s all you need to know.
Who cares…
They put the drugs on the foil, and heat it and inhale the fumes through the glass pipe… The gloves are so the dealer does not get poisoned by touching the lumps of drug, while handling the stuff or breaking it down to sell…
Absolute death in a breath…
Talk about solving the drug crisis!
The real challenge: find a car in Humboldt that doesn’t have drugs in it.
Well, I have 2.
Same here. So that’s four!??
You can search my three anywhere anytime.
We have three
From the looks of this pile he was using his own dope.
Plus he’s nodded out in his car.
Are the penalties more because of crossing the Oregon/California border with those drugs?
Or, he may have been heading back to Oregon after picking up his “merchandize” and pulled into the parking lot to rest/pass out.
No.
“The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.”
Otherwise, there’d probably be visa requirements for Californians attempting to enter Oregon and a prohibition on buying property. :o)
But as a practical matter the penalties, if any, are likely to be lower in California where the laws are increasingly being rewritten to favor criminals.
Looks like he’s loyal to the foil!
That dog deserves a medal for keeping the streets clean. Props.
That guy has been released OR by now…
HEY!!! There’s where my phone is!
No guns?