Chumash Casino Resort security nab man with drugs, stolen property
Santa Ynez Ca December 30 2021
Chumash Casino Resort employee from Lompoc whose vehicle containing personal items was recently stolen noticed just before 7 p.m. that her phone was attempting to connect to the Bluetooth of her stolen Beat headphones.
She located Catrell Demitrius Smith, the person allegedly trying to make the connection, who was contacted by casino security officers who said he was in possession of the headphones, which he claimed to have purchased from a friend of a friend.
Deputies arrived and found Smith allegedly in possession of cocaine and methamphetamine. They also discovered eight warrants had been issued for his arrest.
He was also allegedly in possession of a GoPro backpack, two GoPro cameras and various GoPro accessories for which he had no proof of ownership and claimed most of them were gifts.
Smith was arrested on the warrants and suspicion of possessing a controlled substance and possessing a controlled substance without a prescription and was booked at County Jail.
The headphones were returned to the owner and the GoPro items were booked into evidence.