On 03/03/2014 at approximately 9:20 AM,
an officer from the Angels Camp Police Department conducted a traffic
stop of a gray Mercury sedan on North Main Street in the Mark Twain
Center for having suspended registration and the driver not wearing a
seatbelt.
The
driver was identified as 36 year old Mokelumne Hill resident, Joshua
Ftacek. Ftacek advised the officer that he did not have a valid driver’s
license and that he may have warrants from the Modesto area.
It
was confirmed that Ftacek did not have a valid driver’s license and
that he had a felony warrant for his arrest from Modesto, and a traffic
warrant from Merced County.
Subsequent
to arrest, Ftacek’s vehicle was searched and the officer located a
loaded firearm and approximately 32 grams of methamphetamine in the
vehicle.
