Convicted Felon Arrested On Drugs, Weapons Charges In North County

VISTA, CA — A convicted felon was arrested on drugs and weapons charges this week in San Diego's North County, authorities said.

Michell Bucknell, 41, was arrested shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Sycamore Avenue in Vista, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies from the Vista Sheriff's Station Community Policing and Problem-Solving Unit contacted two people inside a parked vehicle, Sgt. Brent Longfellow said. Bucknell, a convicted felon, had multiple bags of a white crystalline substance consistent with meth, a semi-automatic pistol, fully loaded magazines and ammunition, a canister of mace and cash.

She was arrested on suspicion of multiple charges and booked into the Vista Detention Facility, Longfellow said.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call the Vista Sheriff's Station at 760-940-4551.