Crime & Safety

2-Inch Meth Rock Found Amid Investigation Into Stolen Tools

Police said they tracked a car linked to a construction site theft and found a woman out on probation for selling drugs.

Christina Whitehead, 50, was arrested.
Christina Whitehead, 50, was arrested. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

SANTA CRUZ, CA — A woman was arrested with a two-inch methamphetamine rock and drug packaging materials after the Santa Cruz Police Department linked the car she was inside to a construction site theft, police said. Christina Whitehead, 50, was on probation for selling drugs, police said.

Tools were stolen from a construction site in the 100 block of Fern Street and police saw a video of suspects leaving in a car. Police said they tracked the car to the 1300 block of Highway 9, where they found Whitehead.

They searched Whitehead's property and arrested her on suspicion of charges related to possessing stolen property, selling meth and breaking the rules of her probation, police said.

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