After agents received information that 36 year old Casey O’leary Menanno and 31 year old Brittany Dianna Thompson were dealing large amounts of heroin from their hotel room, Humboldt County Drug Task Force special agents served a search warrant at a room inside the Bear River Casino Motel on Wednesday, January 8th, just after 12:30pm.
Agents were able to locate Menanno in a parked vehicle in the casino parking lot and he was detained without incident. Agents then proceeded to the motel and were able to detain Thompson without incident. Agents searched Menanno’s vehicle and located a loaded .40 caliber handgun, small amounts of controlled substances, 33 pounds of manicured marijuana bud, and approximately $5,000.00 in U.S. currency.
Agents discovered the handgun was previously reported stolen to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Inside Menanno and Thompson’s motel room agents seized nearly a pound of suspected heroin, digital scales, and other packaging materials. The above-mentioned currency is believed to be profits from narcotics sales and was seized pending asset forfeiture proceedings.
Both Menanno and Thompson were transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for possession of narcotics for sales and weapons violations.
