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THREE ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN MALOTT


Feb 02, 2015

Last week officers with the North Central Washington Narcotics Task Force, Okanogan County Sherriff’s office, Colville Tribal Police and Washington State Patrol served two search warrants on residences in the Malott HUD site.

At the first search warrant, 26-year-old Rudy Martin Garcia was arrested and booked into Okanogan County Jail on State charges of one count of Delivery of a Controlled Substance Heroin and one count of Delivery of a Controlled Substance within 1,000 feet of a school. Officials say Garcia also faces Tribal drug charges for possession of heroin, possession of heroin with the intent to deliver, Delivery of heroin, and enhancements associated with those charges.  Sheriff Frank Rogers said when Garcia was arrest he was found in possession of Heroin that had a street value of $6,000.

In 2009 Garcia was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter after the shooting death of David E. Mccraigie in Omak. He was released from prison in 2013.

Rogers said two more men were arrested during the execution of a second search warrant at another residence in the Malott HUD. Those men were 41-year-old Thomas E. Isakson, and 41-year-old Robert R. Ruiz, both of Malott.

Rogers said during the search of the home Detectives located suspected marijuana, methamphetamine, psilocybin mushrooms, hash and a semiautomatic pistol.  

Isakson was booked in to the Okanogan County jail on charges of two counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine and Delivery of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school bus stop. 

Ruiz was booked into the Colville Tribal Jail on Charges of two counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine and Delivery of a Controlled Substance within 1,000 feet of a school bus stop. 

Rogers said both men will be facing additional charges for the drugs found inside the home during the search.

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Rudy M Garcia

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Thomas E Isakson

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Robert R. Ruiz


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