Del Norte County Sheriff’s deputies patrolling the Smith River area very late Tuesday evening April 2nd, observed a suspicious vehicle parked near the How-On-Quet Cemetery just after 11:00pm.
While contacting both subjects in the vehicle, identified as 31 year old Haley Abbott and 33 year old Joshua Toomey both from Brookings, deputies gathered probable cause to search the vehicle.
During a search of the vehicle deputies located a loaded .22 revolver, 1.2 ounces of suspected fentanyl, suspected methamphetamine, a scale, and packaging materials.
Abbott was taken into custody for carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle and Toomey was taken into custody for possession of controlled substances for sales, and transport controlled substances.
