22 May 2012, at approx. 6:30 pm, an Officer from the Sonora
Police Department was flagged down by a Wal Mart Loss Prevention Officer
regarding a suspicious male subject who had just exited the store.
The Loss Prevention Officer reported the subject had been in the
restroom bathing and washing his clothing for over an hour. The Loss
Prevention Officer also noticed some type of powder on the floor of the
restroom; and an area where a small fire had been started.
Officers contacted the subject outside the store and identified
him as Brandon King, 31 of Suisun. King was exhibiting signs of being
under the influence of a controlled substance. A search of King revealed
heroin, tin foil with heroin residue on it and other drug
paraphernalia. It is possible that King built the small fire in the
restroom to heat the heroin so it could be ingested.
King was placed under arrest and transported to the Tuolumne
County Jail where he was booked for felony possession of a controlled
substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.