4 arrested as police bust drug house in SLO
Four San Luis Obispo residents were arrested on suspicion of operating a drug house last month after police found large amounts of meth, fentanyl, LSD and more than $3,000 cash, the San Luis Obispo Police Department said in a Wednesday news release.
Shane Parker, 38, was first arrested on March 20 after officers served a search warrant on a vehicle stopped on Santa Rosa Street near the Meinecke intersection.
Parker was arrested on a felony warrant, on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance for sale. He was also in possession of a 'substantial' amount of cash, and a small quantity of fentanyl was found in the trunk of the car, police said.
Court records show he was charged with that crime, as well as obstructing a police officer and possessing drug paraphernalia in January in relation to a July incident. It is unclear at this time whether the felony warrant was related to the January filing.
The search warrant continued at the property where Parker lived at the 800 block of Murray Avenue, the news release said.
Detectives found 50 grams of methamphetamine, 56 grams of fentanyl, LSD tabs and two jars of a liquid solvent for the production of dimethyltryptamine, also known as DMT, which is a hallucinogenic drug. The SLO County hazmat team responded to the property to facilitate safe collection of the liquid.
Also found inside the house was brass knuckles, a stun gun, a metal baton known as a 'billy club,' scales, plastic baggies and more cash.
Parker was booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail on suspicion of operating a drug house, possessing metal knuckles, two counts of possessing a controlled substance for sale and possessing a controlled substance for sale with prior convictions — all felonies — and misdemeanor possession of a stun gun.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office inmate database shows Parker was no longer in custody as of Wednesday.
Three other residents of the Murray Avenue property were also arrested, the news release said.
William Phelps, 45; Shannon Sanda, 40; and Evan Dyer, 39; were all arrested on suspicion of felony operating a drug house. Phelps and Sanda were also arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance with prior convictions, and Phelps had an additional suspected felony possession of a controlled substance for sale charge.
None were in jail custody as of Wednesday.
Court records show the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office has not yet filed formal charges against any of the suspects as of Wednesday evening.
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