PRESS RELEASE
Apr 8, 2013
SUBJECT: Possession of Narcotics for Sales / ACPD Case # 13-0392
CONTACT: Chief Todd Fordahl, Tel. (209)736-2567 / [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On 04/06/13, at approximately 1:15 P.M., an officer from the Angels Camp Police Department made a traffic enforcement stop in the 600 block of Stanislaus Avenue. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Jesse J. Taylor, fled the scene of the traffic stop while carrying a blue colored back pack, by running into a yard and jumping a fence. The officer attempted to follow Taylor, but was met in the yard by a dog that attempted to bite him. Taylor was able to escape by jumping the fence and fleeing on foot.
The blue colored back pack was located in the back yard of the residence and a narcotics detection K9 was utilized for a sniff of the back pack and its contents. The K9 alerted to the presence of odor associated with narcotics, and a search of the back pack and its contents revealed approximately two ounces of methamphetamine, narcotics packaging material, and other narcotic sales paraphernalia. Additionally, indicia in the form of U.S. mail and court paperwork bearing Taylor’s name was found.
The evidence was secured and the vehicle that Taylor was driving was towed and impounded.
This investigation is ongoing, and Jesse J. Taylor, a 29 year-old Arnold resident, is currently wanted for charges related to the possession of narcotics (methamphetamine), possession of narcotics for sales, transportation of narcotics, resisting / obstructing an officer, possession of narcotic paraphernalia, and driving on a suspended driver license.
Anyone with information related to the location of Taylor is encouraged to telephone the Angels Camp Police Department at either 209-736-2567 or 209-754-6500.
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