Napa woman jailed for suspected drug possession

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By KERANA TODOROV
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A Napa woman was sent to jail on Friday after police found methamphetamine and narcotics obtained without prescription inside her car parked at the Silverado Resort, Napa police reported Saturday.

Stacey Sullivan, 49, was arrested at 10:30 a.m. on the 200 block of Kanapali Drive on suspicion of transportation of a controlled substance and of illegal possession of prescription medications, according to Napa police. She was booked into Napa County Jail. No drugs were found inside the house, where she occasionally stays over, Napa Sgt. Chris Haag said.

9 comment(s)

Firewater wrote on Jul 5, 2009 8:00 AM:

" Whoa..who blew the whistle..gee a patron at the Country Club..LOL "

random name here wrote on Jul 5, 2009 10:05 AM:

" Has to be more to this story, because it says the suspected drugs were found inside her PARKED car.

As I remember, police used to need a search warrant to dig into a parked car, unless the illegal items were "in plain sight".

You know, if I was a paid reporter, and the police report said "found inside a parked car" but there was no mention of a warrant, I'd make a phone call and ask what was going on before I wrote my story. "

matt68 wrote on Jul 5, 2009 11:10 AM:

" They can also search the car with consent from the owner/driver. 10 to 1 that's how they got in. Nice attempt at stirring the pot though. "

KelzMom wrote on Jul 5, 2009 11:29 AM:

" I thought that the officer only had to ask if the vehicle could be searched? has that changed? "

grmp29 wrote on Jul 5, 2009 12:37 PM:

" "random", she probably consented to the search, therefore no warrant is needed. "

random name here wrote on Jul 5, 2009 12:57 PM:

" omg....

It's almost funny that people would even begin to believe that this woman knew there were illegal things in the car and would just say "Sure, that's my car, go right ahead and search."

Yes, police can search anything with consent. Please, before you suggest that she consented, put yourself in her shoes and ask yourself if YOU would have consented knowing what was allegedly in the car.

More to this story and we're not getting it from the NVR. "

steph wrote on Jul 5, 2009 2:46 PM:

" But before you put yourself in her shoes, you have to get yourself into a pretty serious drug habit and have your judgement skewed. Maybe put yourself on probation, too. "

KelzMom wrote on Jul 5, 2009 5:50 PM:

" I'm guessing and speculating again...But I think if she said "no, you can not search my car", the officers can then hold the car for a certain amount of time and then obtain a warrant. Which would land her in more trouble. (could law enforcement weigh in on this please?) I used to know the answers to these scenarios, but am a bit rusty. "

XMAN wrote on Jul 5, 2009 10:33 PM:

" The police sometimes do an "exploratory search" - but to do so without a warrant may taint the evidence. It may not be admissible. "

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