Man Arrested For Possession Of Controlled Substances For Sales In Menlo Park

Press release from the City of Menlo Park:

December 1, 2020

On November 27, 2020, at approximately 7:00 a.m., Menlo Park police officers responded to the Sharon Heights Shopping Center at 325 Sharon Park Drive, after store employees requested a welfare check of a man in a vehicle. When officers arrived, they found the man slumped over in the driver’s seat of the idling vehicle. Officers woke the man and observed narcotics paraphernalia in the vehicle.

During a search of the vehicle, officers located over 40 individual packages containing controlled substances. Approximately 15 grams of methamphetamine, 200 prescription pills, one ounce of other suspected narcotics, and over $4,000 in cash were found in the vehicle. Officers also found additional evidence in the vehicle that the subject was engaged in sales of narcotics. The man, identified as 39-year-old Scott Robert Fredrick of Redwood City, was arrested and booked into San Mateo County jail on charges related to possession of controlled substances for sales.

Anyone with information related to this case are asked to contact Detective Matt Castillo.

Contact Detective Matthew Castillo

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