Amador County – A strong odor of marijuana led an Amador County Sheriff’s Deputy to the confiscation more than 3 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of a Stockton man and woman after a car stop Sunday on Sutter Creek Ranchos Road, off Sutter Ione Road.

Amador County Sheriff’s Department Undersheriff Jim Wegner announced the arrest in a release Wednesday. The release said the “vehicle’s two occupants, Leena Cynthia Schultz, 20, of Stockton and Theodore Clarence Salomon Junior, 21, of Stockton were arrested and charged with transportation of marijuana, and conspiracy. Bail for both was set at $30,000.”

At about 7:35 p.m. Sunday, March 27, “an Amador County Sheriff’s Deputy detained a maroon 1993 Toyota Camry on Highway 88 at Sutter Creek Ranchos Road for displaying an expired registration.”

The release said that “as the Deputy Sheriff contacted the two occupants of the vehicle, he detected a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle.” After being asked about the odor, “both occupants denied the presence of any marijuana within the vehicle.”

The Deputy then “removed the subjects from the vehicle in order to conduct a search based upon probable cause. At that point, one of the occupants admitted that they were transporting 3 pounds of marijuana for a relative. Both denied having a medical recommendation for marijuana or being a designated care provider.”

The release said a “search of the vehicle revealed a plastic five-gallon bucket concealed within the vehicle’s trunk. The bucket contained three separate plastic bags of marijuana weighing over three pounds. No other contraband was located.”

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