Crime & Safety
Meth, Gun Found In Petaluma Traffic Stop: Police
The driver, a man on parole out of Oregon, was stopped late Wednesday night by a K-9 officer, police said.
PETALUMA, CA — An Oregon parolee was arrested Wednesday night in a Petaluma traffic stop. A K-9 officer stopped 64-year-old Danny Michael Saunders for a traffic violation at 11:37 p.m. in the 300 block of S. McDowell Blvd., officials with the Petaluma Police Department said in a news release.
Upon determining the driver was on current parole out of Oregon, the officer searched Saunders' person and found a small amount of methamphetamine in his pants pocket, police said.
The officer also found an unloaded handgun and a box of ammunition inside a duffel bag on the passenger seat of Saunders' car, police said.
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Saunders was placed under arrest and taken to the Petaluma Police Department, then to Sonoma County jail where he was booked on suspicion of possession of narcotics, being a felon in possession of a firearm and other parole violations, according to police.
Bail was set at $30,000 for Saunders pending a court appearance set for Friday, jail records showed.
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