PRESS RELEASE
Apr 15, 2013
SUBJECT: Possession of Narcotics for Sales / Transportation of Narcotics / Possession and Recovery of a Stolen Vehicle / ACPD Case # 13-0430
CONTACT: Chief Todd Fordahl, Tel. (209)736-2567 / [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On 04/11/13, at approximately 9:00 P.M., an officer from the Angels Camp Police Department made a traffic enforcement stop in the 100 block of S. Main Street (HWY 49). Further investigation revealed that the vehicle was reported stolen out of Modesto in December of 2012.
Joseph A. Alvitre, a 26 year-old Tuolumne resident, and John R. Blackwell III, a 26 year-old Stockton resident were detained for further investigation. The stolen vehicle, a Nissan pick-up, displayed passenger car license plates that are registered to a Ford. Both subjects were in possession of tools commonly used to commit burglaries, as well as a replica nickel finish semi-automatic pistol and an expandable police-style baton. An Angels Camp PD K-9 was called to the scene to check for the odors related to narcotics, and the K-9 alerted to the front passenger side of the seat. Further investigation revealed over a half-ounce of methamphetamine and approximately 2 grams of black tar heroin concealed in the seat of the vehicle. The seat had to be cut with a knife to remove the narcotics, which were concealed in baggies inside of a black plastic container inside the seat. Neither suspect claimed knowledge of the concealed narcotics.
Alvitre was arrested and booked into the Calaveras County Jail on charges related to the possession of stolen property, possession, sales and transportation of narcotics, possession of burglary tools, possession of narcotic paraphernalia, and possession of a billy club.
Blackwell was also and arrested and booked on charges related to vehicle theft, possession, sales and transportation of narcotics, possession of burglary tools, and possession of a billy club.
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