Woman arrested after Happy Valley traffic stop leads to 1/2 pound of meth

HAPPY VALLEY — A suspected drug dealer was arrested after deputies discovered a half-pound of methamphetamine and other items associated with drug sales Monday night, August 13. A deputy stopped the vehicle after noticing it being driven without its headlights on in the area of Erika Lane and Happy Valley Rd., in the unincorporated community of Happy Valley.

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A Shasta County sheriff’s deputy was on patrol around 10:15 p.m., when he noticed the blacked out Toyota pickup truck being driven on Erica Lane. The official also saw that the truck’s registration was expired.

After stopping the Toyota and contacting the vehicle’s two female occupants, the deputy conducted a records check on both women and learned the passenger, 53-year-old, Tedi Ellen Vierra, was on probation for possession of a loaded/concealed firearm and was subject to search terms.

When the deputy informed Vierra he was going to conduct a probation search, she reportedly grabbed her purse and attempted to reach inside of it.

The deputy stopped Vierra from grabbing her purse and had Vierra and the driver, 44-year-old, Tina Annette Rose, exit the vehicle and had his K9 partner “Fritz” conduct a walk-around drug sniff of the vehicle.

K9 Fritz went into action walking around the pickup, at which time the dog alerted to the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle.

Based on the dog’s positive reaction to the possible presence of a controlled substance, deputies searched the Toyota and Vierra’s purse and located approximately one-half pound of methamphetamine, a glass methamphetamine pipe, a digital scale, and a roll of plastic used for packaging.

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Deputies subsequently arrested Vierra and she was booked into Shasta County Jail on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance for sale, transportation of a controlled substance, and violation of probation. She remains in custody and is being held without bail.

 

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, recently moved to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle, and Anza Valley Outlook; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.