Crime & Safety
Fake $100 Bills, Drugs, Stolen Car Land Two in Jail
A Petaluma gal and a Windsor man went to jail for various charges.
Two people went to jail early Monday morning after a police officer spotted a vehicle parked in a disabled parking stall.Â
Police were patrolling the Redwood Drive area and noticed a car parked in a disabled parking stall at the Good Nite Inn. The officer confirmed with the driver that he did not have a disabled placard or had another disability that would allow him to use the parking stall. Â
During the stop police searched the passenger, Lindsey Michelle Anderson, 20, of Petaluma, and found found a golf ball size quantity of suspected heroin and suspected methamphetamine hidden in Anderson’s clothing and numerous rounds of .357, .44, and .38 caliber ammunition in a bag she was carrying, according to police.
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Anderson was arrested on suspicion of possession of heroin and methamphetamine, possession of ammunition by a felon, personating another person, and violating the terms of her probation.Â
During the investigation, the officer learned of a stolen vehicle in the parking lot near Anderson's hotel room. The vehicle had been stolen in Santa Rosa on May 29, 2013. Inside Anderson's motel room, police found several other people as well as drugs.ÂThey arrested 29-year-old Windsor resident Michael Anthony Gutierrez. Gutierrez was arrested on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of fake $100.00 U.S. bills, and violating his parole.Â
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