March 24-April 9: K-9 Officer Chases Down Dispensary Burglar

One arrest at One Solution

One man is in custody and another is being sought after Saturday’s break-in at a medical marijuana dispensary a few miles west of Fair Oaks.

Sacramento County sheriff’s officers responded to a business alarm at One Solution on 5207 Madison Ave. in Sacramento shortly before 2 a.m. April 9. Upon arriving, a male suspect later identified as Tyrell Lawson, 18, was seen fleeing from the back of the business along with a second subject. Both men ignored an officer’s call to stop, fleeing the crime scene on foot, said a sheriff’s report.

Officers established a perimeter and found Lawson hiding in a residential backyard. The sheriff’s report says he was taken into custody by a K-9 officer, but not before battling with the dog and officers during the arrest.

Sheriff’s officials say the brick and mortar pot dispensary had been forcefully broken into with a pickaxe and that numerous items had been stolen. While they didn’t go into detail about what was taken, the business sells multiple strains of medicinal pot and cannabis-infused edibles.

Officers found a backpack containing items from the business as well as bolt cutters in Lawson’s direct flight path. Lawson was seen holding the backpack initially when he fled from officers, the sheriff’s report says. Lawson was booked into the Sacramento County jail on multiple charges of burglary and resisting arrest.

A reason for pants

Loose shorts and an active cellphone led to a drug bust in Carmichael Wednesday night.

Around 10:25 p.m. April 6, sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle a couple miles west of Fair Oaks at the intersection of Manzanita and Madison avenues driven by Roosevelt Moore, 31, of Antelope. When deputies approached Moore’s vehicle, they spotted him sliding a hand down the front of his shorts. The reason became clear moments later, when methamphetamine fell out of one of his short-legs during a search, said a sheriff’s report.

Deputies also found a cellphone with numerous text messages to different individuals that sheriff’s officials say identify Moore as a supplier of methamphetamine.

He was booked at the Sacramento County jail on felony drug possession charges, for which he is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.

More meth

A Fair Oaks woman standing outside a vacant house last month had an unlucky brush with the law.

Sheriff’s deputies contacted Trinity Pasalich, 33, of Fair Oaks outside a Sacramento residence on a public roadway the evening of March 24. A record check revealed Pasalich had an active misdemeanor no-bail warrant for her arrest, according to a sheriff’s report. Deputies also found methamphetamine in Pasalich’s pants pocket and booked her at the Sacramento County jail on a felony drug possession charge.

Six days later, she was sentenced to five years of formal probation, according to online court records. Pasalich will be back in court on May 13 to prove she’s enrolled in a drug program.