Thursday, November 21, 2024

Fentanyl, Ballistic Vest, a Winchester Rifle: Repeat Offender Arrested for Alleged Illicit Stash

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The following is a press release issued by the Ukiah Police Department. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:


26 grams of fentanyl, a ballistic vest, and a .22 Winchester rifle confiscated by UPD [Picture from UPD]

On 05/15/2023, at approximately 0930 hours, a UPD Officer contacted a suspicious vehicle parked in a parking lot of several businesses on South State Street. The vehicle was occupied by a male identified as 29- year-old, Ukiah transient, Tobias Wood. Upon contact, the Officer began conducting an investigation as Wood appeared to be acting suspicious and appeared under the influence of drugs.  

After a conversation with Wood, the Officer noticed Wood had picked up a piece of tin foil which contained suspected fentanyl inside of it. Wood was detained and the investigation lead to a search of his person and 26 more grams of suspected fentanyl was located on his person. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid and is a major factor in the drug overdose epidemic in the United States.  

Tobias Wood [Mugshot from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Booking Logs]

The Officer continued investigating further and located a Winchester .22 long rifle in the back seat of the vehicle along with a Police style ballistic vest that had bullet proof panels inside of it. Wood had a long history of arrests and had prior felony convictions that made him a prohibited person from possessing firearms and body armor. Wood was booked into the Mendocino County Jail for the above-listed charges.  

As always, our mission at UPD is to make Ukiah as safe a place as possible. If you would like to know  more about crime in your neighborhood, you can sign up for telephone, cellphone, and email notifications by  clicking the Nixle button on our website; www.ukiahpolice.com 

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Remember always … It takes a village……let’s rid the streets of this life destroying drug and help those that have been destroyed and continue to destroy others, by showing them by example, the right thing to do. Don’t think, it won’t effect me, it will never happen to me or mine, because in the majority of families, or in the lives of those that are not afforded that of a family, its not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. Don’t turn a blind eye, …..

  2. How about let’s rid the streets of these criminals! Lock em up or put them on an island and let them all kill themselves!

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