Willetts CA June 9 2013 Two men detained for trespassing near an illegal marijuana grow on private timber land were arrested June 3 after officers discovered methamphetamine and weapons.
Deputies were called to private timber land near mile marker 13 on Branscomb Road by two private security personnel with LEAR Asset Management. The security officers were investigating an illegal marijuana operation on the private timber land "when they encountered two men walking along a trail from the grow site," says MCSO Sgt. Matt Kendall. Deputies were called at about 3 p.m.Richard Geiger, 26, of Laytonville, was armed with a loaded semiautomatic handgun in a shoulder-style holster when the security officers detained him. Deputies found .38 caliber ammunition on Martin Scott, 50, of Laytonville but no weapon. Scott, a convicted felon, is prohibited to possess either ammo or a weapon. Deputies recovered 26 grams of methamphetamine after searching both suspects and a backpack. Deputies later found a loaded .38 pistol in the area where security first detained the two men.Geiger was arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sales, possession of a dangerous weapon and being armed in the commission of a felony. Scott was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of methamphetamine for sales and being armed in the commission of a felony.
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Deputies were called to private timber land near mile marker 13 on Branscomb Road by two private security personnel with LEAR Asset Management. The security officers were investigating an illegal marijuana operation on the private timber land "when they encountered two men walking along a trail from the grow site," says MCSO Sgt. Matt Kendall. Deputies were called at about 3 p.m.Richard Geiger, 26, of Laytonville, was armed with a loaded semiautomatic handgun in a shoulder-style holster when the security officers detained him. Deputies found .38 caliber ammunition on Martin Scott, 50, of Laytonville but no weapon. Scott, a convicted felon, is prohibited to possess either ammo or a weapon. Deputies recovered 26 grams of methamphetamine after searching both suspects and a backpack. Deputies later found a loaded .38 pistol in the area where security first detained the two men.Geiger was arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sales, possession of a dangerous weapon and being armed in the commission of a felony. Scott was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of methamphetamine for sales and being armed in the commission of a felony.
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