An end of the year bust in Calaveras County of a Mokelumne Hill house last week
turned up more than a pound of methamphetamine and resulted in the arrest of
five people. According to the Calaveras Enterprise, Calaveras County
Sheriff's Department SWAT team members and Narcotics Enforcement Unit officers
served a search warrant at a house located on the 8100 block of South Main
Street in Moke Hill. The methamphetamine and some cocaine, with a combined street value of about
$20,000, were seized during the search, a sheriff's report said. Those
arrested during the raid were:
- James Oscar Paxia Sr., 52
- Judy Markey, 55, who live at the
searched residence
- Donald Allen Osburn, 38, of the 7900 block of Nall Street,
Valley Springs;
- Samuel Ugene Kaufman, 39, of the 8800 block of Sierra Lane,
Mokelumne Hill
- Alondra Michelle Rebolledo, 24, of Sutter Creek.
They were arrested on suspicion of the following
charges: Paxia on suspicion of possessing drugs for sale, transporting or
selling drugs, marijuana possession, having drug paraphernalia, visiting a
place where drugs were being used and concealing evidence; Markey on suspicion
of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia; Osburn on suspicion of
possessing and transporting or selling drugs and visiting a place where drugs
were being used; Kaufman on suspicion of possessing drugs for sale,
transporting or selling drugs, visiting a place where drugs were being used and
concealing evidence; and Rebolledo on suspicion of possessing drugs for sale,
transporting or selling drugs, and visiting a place where drugs were being
used. Rebolledo also was arrested on suspicion of possessing stolen copper
wire.
