Amador County – An Ione man and a Stockton woman were arrested for charges related to drugs and violence recently when the Ione Police Department gave mutual aid to a Stockton Police Department investigation.

Ione Police Chief Michael L. Johnson released details to the incident last week, saying that at about 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, the Ione Police Department was dispatched to assist in a Stockton Police Department investigation that was connected to a local citizen.”

Johnson said the “follow-up investigation by the Ione Police Department involved allegations of false imprisonment of a local female and the brandishing of a firearm by the associated male. The male and female in question responded to the Ione Police Department for questioning.”

Upon contact with Jason Rydel, 34, of Ione the officer learned he was on a California Department of Corrections parole for drug related offenses. “As the investigation progressed the need to detain Rydel became imminent,” Johnson said. “A brief struggle ensued and Rydel was taken into custody without injury to himself or the officer.”

A local check through dispatch returned with a no-bail felony warrant for domestic violence-related charges for the female, identified as Sandi Kern, 33, of Stockton. Kern was also placed in custody.

A search during the arrest uncovered drug paraphernalia and suspected methamphetamine.

Jason Rydel was booked into Amador county jail for charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest. Sandi Kern was booked into jail on the warrant for domestic violence-related charges.

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