Upvalley drug bust | Napa Valley Register

Two women were arrested in St. Helena Thursday on suspicion of drug possession after police stopped their car at a downtown intersection, police said Friday.

At around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, police stopped the silver Honda Accord at the corner of Pope and Main streets after an officer suspected the driver was under the influence, St. Helena Police Sgt. William Imboden said Friday. The car sat at the intersection when the light turned green and when it finally did move, the driver made a really wide left turn on Main Street, police said.

The driver, Serena Gomez, 24, of South San Francisco, and her passenger, Nicole Rae Merritt, 22, of Antioch were arrested on suspicion of possessing a syringe filled with methamphetamine. Gomez was also booked on suspicion of driving under the influence while Merritt-Armas is suspected of having burglary tools, according to police.

Gomez and Merritt were booked at Napa County Jail.

6 comment(s)

sickothis wrote on Apr 11, 2009 9:34 AM:

" Brilliant! "

magnum wrote on Apr 11, 2009 11:12 AM:

" Doesn't sound like much of a drug bust compared to what the DEA has recovered from the cartel. "

magnum wrote on Apr 11, 2009 11:51 AM:

" You want to read about a drug bust? Read this article about Fairfield.

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_12122288?source=rss "

Demo Cracy wrote on Apr 11, 2009 2:23 PM:

" It \is mainly getting an unsafe driver off of the road. Thanks Officer Imboden. "

mykdgirl54 wrote on Apr 11, 2009 2:49 PM:

" ah, shucks. you mean they wern't toursists? LOL. Gotta love this valley! Even user's as far away as Antioch & SF come up here to "get away" from it all! "

MarkMiwords wrote on Apr 11, 2009 7:52 PM:

" There was a burglary on Tuesday, and two on Thursday in St. Helena. The passenger is suspected of having burglary tools in her possession. Can't say if there's a connection here, but still, good job, Sgt. Imboden for getting these people off of the street. "

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