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Alice Police Blotter
Arrested on campus
On Monday, May 10, police were called to a school on the #1 Coyote Trail in reference to a student with drugs. When Officer Hector Perez arrived he made contact with the reporting party. The reporting party told the officer that 17-year-old Isiah Montes had been searched after returning to the campus. During the search, Montes was discovered to have a bag of marijuana hidden in his wallet. Montes was arrested and taken to the JWC jail. He was charged with possession of marijuana in a Drug Free Zone.
Heroin and crystal meth
Two men and a woman were arrested following a traffic stop on Friday, May 7 on the 1000 block of West Front Street. Officer Manuel Garcia IV made contact with Ruben Gonzalez, Krystal Diaz and Juan Villanueva. After police received consent to search the vehicle, officers located a bag of black tar heroin. They were taken to the JWC jail and charged with possession of a controlled substance. At the jail, Diaz was discovered in possession of crystal meth. She was given an additional possession of a controlled substance charge.
Alice Echo News Journal
Jose Francisco Arredondo, 32, was arrested by Alice police at a hotel on the 800 block of South Highway 281 in the morning hours of Friday.
Police were called to the hotel for a large disturbance. When officers arrived they attended to find the cause of the disturbance. During their search, they located a vehicle parked on the south side of the property with the car door open and the lights on, said Cpl. Herman Arellano III.
Officer Zac Jaramillo made contact with Arredondo to ask about the disturbance call. When police made contact with Arredondo they detected an odor of marijuana and observed a firearm in plain view.