Meth and Marijuana Seized in Traffic Stop

 

On June 22, at approximately 5:10 p.m., San Angelo Police Officers A. Nandin and M. Faz observed the driver of a 2000 tan Chevrolet S-10 Pickup in the 500 block of South Oakes Street commit a traffic violation. A traffic stop was initiated and contact was made with the male driver and two male passengers. 

During contact with the driver, Officers Nandin and Faz detected an odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. Officer Nandin spoke with the driver and conducted a probable cause search of his person as well as the two passengers. The driver did not have any illegal paraphernalia or substance on his person.   

The back passenger, identified as Gerardo Enriquez (03/02/91), was searched and drug paraphernalia was located in his pants pockets and several small bags of methamphetamine were located in his sock. The front passenger, identified as Ector Gamez (05/17/94), was searched and several bags of methamphetamine were located in his pants pockets, along with a bag of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Gamez also gave a false name and date of birth during the investigation. 

As officers searched the vehicle, a Glock .40 caliber pistol was located between the front passenger seat and the center console. Further investigation linked the pistol to Gamez.

Gamez was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by Felon, Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Fail to Identify, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and two County Warrants for Organized Crime. 

Enriquez was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Both were arrested and transported to the Tom Green County Jail without incident.  The 22-year-old male driver was issued a warning for Failure to Signal Intent and released at the scene.                                                                                                                                                                                     

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It's not their fault their friends would say that they are good people and most likely just goofing around. It's their parents fault for not raising them right, it's the teachers fault for not caring enough. It's the governments fault for not giving them enough government aid. It is law-enforcement fault for making them out to be criminals when they have been the victims of their environment their whole life.
jdgt, Tue, 06/24/2014 - 09:02
Favian, there's a difference between commenting on a story to put out a good point... and commenting on a story just because you're bored and want to be an ass. Seriously? You've overdoing it.
Please send me the rubric for appropriate commenting. I was merely posting familiar posts which appear on many of these rants about criminals being wrongly seen as victims. But thank you JD for wanting to suppress my right to put an opinion on here.
The liberal mindset leans heavily on a false belief that banning types of guns will lower mass shootings. Others believe that if you take away people's gun rights, then eventually only the criminals will have guns. A felon is told that he can't hold or own a gun, yet police most always find a felon in possession of a gun. Would this not be enough to convince those opposed to a citizens right to own a gun that maybe anti-gun or banning laws will not stop mass shooting. A criminal will get a gun if they want a gun regardless of what the law says.
Last year The Texas Senate introduced and approved Senate Bill 11 (which was ultimately killed) that would've required drug screening for food assistance applicants. With the ACLU and other agenda-driven backers, preventing this bill from moving forward did absolutely nothing but exacerbate a failed and stressed system which essentially pays criminals to remain unemployed and pursue lifestyles of illegal activity and habitual drug abuse. Not everyone on welfare is a criminal and not everyone is playing the system, and weeding out the habitual felons and drug addicts would significantly reduce the $90 (+) million Texas allocates every year to help needy families. Statistics show that most drug offenders and convicted criminals are welfare recipients. They're raised, housed, fed and bred like farm animals -- courtesy of the taxpayer. Denying criminals the privilege of abusing entitlement programs would give them either the incentive of getting clean, or at the very least getting high on their own dime.

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