Stolen van recovered & fentanyl, meth, heroin seized during Yreka traffic stop – Local woman arrested
YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say a N. Yreka traffic stop led to the arrest of a local woman after she was stopped while driving a stolen van Wednesday, March 2. Fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, along with glass smoking pipes and other drug paraphernalia were also seized as a result of the stop, according to officials.
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City of Yreka Police Officer Bertolucci was on routine patrol when he conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a van, Yreka PD officials later said in a social media release.
A records check revealed the van had been reported stolen at which time officers detained the driver and sole-occupant, Mahailha Gulbranson, of Yreka.
During a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers discovered she was in possession of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana, along with assorted drug paraphernalia.
Gulbranson was arrested at the scene and later booked into the Siskiyou County Jail on a variety of charges related to the stop.
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Online jail records indicate she has since been released and is no longer in custody.
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Trevor Montgomery, 51, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and operates Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS), which act as stringer-news providers for other mainstream media organizations throughout the two regions they serve.
Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.
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.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.