Traffic Stop Motorist Reportedly Arrested After Being Identified as Suspect in Multiple Drug Investigations
K9 deputy with confiscated items (Credit: HCSO)
EUREKA, CA — Authorities in Humboldt County arrested two people during a traffic stop in late July after discovering one of them was a suspect in multiple drug investigations, according to reports.
In a press release, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced that deputies had initially pulled over a vehicle for simple code violations along U.S.-101, near the Indianola Cutoff, on the evening of Thursday, July 31, when they discovered that the driver had been identified as a suspect in connection with multiple recent narcotics investigations.
Deputies identified this individual as Aaron Gore Stott, 46, of McKinleyville. Stott was immediately detained after deputies allegedly noticed a plastic baggie of suspected fentanyl on his person.
A K-9 deputy was called to the scene to investigate and alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. Deputies searched the vehicle and uncovered around 76 grams of suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl, a digital scale, paraphernalia, and a stun gun, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Stott and his passenger, identified as 65-year-old Andreas Sala McDaniel of Eureka, were arrested on suspicion of the transportation or sale of controlled substances, possession for sale of methamphetamine, transportation for sale of controlled substances, unlawful sale or furnishing of controlled substances, unlawful possession of a stun gun by a felon or addict, and committing a felony while released on bail or own recognizance.
