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Meth, weapons found during probation check

PRESLAR

It all started when Del Norte County sheriff’s deputies initiated a probation search of a home on the 190 block of Reddy Street, to make sure Allen Lee Preslar, 60, was obeying his terms of probation.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Morris, Preslar was not.

The Sheriff’s Office said Preslar was inside the home with Gaila Lovelady, 48, and Jesse Lovelady, 60.

Deputies found 1 ounce of crystal methamphetamine, packaging materials, digital scales and about a gram of hashish, Morris said.

A .357 caliber handgun, a 12 gauge shotgun and a loaded .22 caliber rifle with an illegal 25-round magazine was also found inside the home, along with paraphernalia related to meth and marijuana use, Morris said.

More than $2,000 was found in the housethat deputies suspect was from drug sales, he said.

Preslar was arrested on suspicion of possession of controlled substances, possession of controlled substances for sale, possession of drug use paraphernalia, being a felon in possession of ammunition and possession of loaded high-capacity magazine for a firearm. He is also being held on suspicion of probation violation.

Gaila Lovelady was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug use paraphernalia.

Jesse Lovelady was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana, possession of concentrated cannabis and possession of a loaded firearm while in possession of an illegal drug.

Gaila Lovelady and Preslar were being held at the Del Norte County Jail on Thursday. Preslar’s bail was set at $100,000. Jesse Lovelady had been released.

In an unrelated case, deputies confiscated three guns, an ounce of meth and made four arrests last Wednesday after serving a search warrant on a group of trailers parked on property on the 6700 block of South Bank Road.