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.