28 Sept. 2012, The Sonora Police Department received information that
Timothy Vezina, 24 of Sonora, had firearms and ammunition stored in the
attic crawl space of his residence. Because of a criminal conviction,
Timothy is not allowed to possess firearms or ammunition. His wife
Stephanie Vezina, 30 of Sonora, also has a conviction, which exempts her
from possessing firearms or ammunition as well.
Officers obtained a search warrant for the Vezina’s residence.
Just before serving the search warrant, Stephanie and Timothy Vezina,
along with their one year old son, were stopped in their vehicle, as
they were leaving the area of their residence. Stephanie was driving and
it was determined she was driving under the influence of
methamphetamine, marijuana and Norco.
Upon the service of the search warrant, two rifles, a shotgun
and ammunition were located. Also located was; methamphetamine, syringes
and several empty drug baggies in and about the child’s belonging.
Both Stephanie and Timothy were taken into custody. Their 1 year
old son was turned over to the custody of Child Welfare Services. Some
of the charges the two are facing are; felony possession of firearms,
felony possession of ammunition, felony possession of a controlled
substance and felony child endangerment.
