Security officer’s report of trespasser leads to drug arrest
Santa Monica CA Jan 23 2018
On Wednesday, January 10, at 2 a.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received a radio call informing them that a suspicious person was trespassing at an apartment building located in the 600 block of Santa Monica Boulevard.
The officers drove to the location and spoke with the reporting party who happened to be the security guard at the complex. The security guard told the officers that the suspect had been loitering inside the apartment building and that he didn’t have any business being at the complex. The security guard furnished the officers with a detailed description of the suspect and also told the officers the direction in which the man had headed.
The officers went in search of the man and discovered him walking briskly in the area of Seventh Street and Santa Monica Boulevard.
The security guard had informed the officers that as an ambassador for the apartment building he was desirous of a prosecution for trespass.
The suspect was detained and searched and the officers discovered that this man was in possession of several “baggies” of methamphetamine, or “speed.”
The officers arrested this 56-year-old resident of San Pedro and he was later charged with trespass without consent, prowling and possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell. Bail was set at $30,000,
