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Midnight traffic stop uncovers loaded gun and drugs in Ukiah

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The following is a press release from 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:

A firearm, drugs, and paraphernalia confiscated by Ukiah Police [Photo by UPD]

On 11/09/2024 at approximately 1:23 a.m., two Ukiah Police Department (UPD) officers were on patrol together in the 100 block of South Main Street when they observed a GMC Yukon fail to stop at a stop sign at the controlled intersection. The UPD officers conducted a traffic enforcement stop on the GMC Yukon due to the vehicle code violation.

When the two UPD officers approached the vehicle, one of the officers on the passenger side observed a black handgun within arm’s reach of the driver behind the center console. The driver was later identified as Grady Hollenbeck.

For the UPD officers’ safety, they told Hollenbeck to exit the vehicle. As Hollenbeck exited, the officers observed a glass methamphetamine pipe in plain view inside the driver door pocket. Hollenbeck was detained in handcuffs without incident and secured in the rear seat of the officers’ patrol vehicle. A probable cause search of the vehicle was conducted following the discovery of drug paraphernalia and the firearm. During the search of the vehicle, the officers found that the firearm was a Glock Model 20 chambered in 10mm with a loaded magazine directly next to it. On the front passenger seat of the vehicle, there was a plastic pencil box containing suspected cocaine, methamphetamine, and oxycodone tablets, commonly referred to as M30s.

The UPD officers continued their search and located multiple other items of drug paraphernalia, as well as a backpack containing large “Mortar”-style explosive fireworks, which are illegal to possess in California. Due to the size and potential danger of the fireworks, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office EOD (Bomb Squad) was contacted and briefed on the specifics of the items. It was determined that the items were consumer-grade and not homemade, which would be safe to transport to a secure facility. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office EOD later responded to Ukiah and retrieved the items for destruction.

Hollenbeck was placed under arrest for the above-listed violations and transported to the Mendocino County Jail to be booked and lodged.

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18 COMMENTS

  1. The clown show of Ukiah Police department calling the Sonoma County sheriff bomb disposal unit over a fucking firework is absolutely wildly absurd.

    Taxpayer dollars wasted by cops who doesn’t know what a firework looks like? Especially a consumer grade one?

    What a terrible childhood they must have had, not knowing what real fireworks look like.

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  2. Wow another drug bust that didn’t involve marijuana! Last year Mendocino undersheriff called marijuana the deadliest drug he’d ever encountered in his career- before the fentanyl overdoses at the jail of course. Now we have these big busts and with weapons and meth and fentanyl etc that seem pretty bad with ghost guns and pistols within reach of drivers. I mean which is crazier, rolling with two pounds of weed or rolling with two pounds of meth? Which is deadlier? Two pounds of weed or two pounds of meth? According to our sheriffs department the answer is weed! Whooda thunk?
    Will sheriff Matt “I’m working for free now” Kendall have a sit down with Fort Bragg and Ukiah PD and get the skinny on these recent events? It might help help him with his investigation into which are the deadliest drugs in the county!

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  3. I too appreciate Law Enforcement! Officers and want to say thank you.

    For the most part, they are only a terror to us when we’re breaking the law.

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  4. SAY A PRAYER FOR OUR LEO’s;
    🙂 And pray for yourself also, that in YOUR moment of need, they will show up for you. May God give them grace, courage, discernment, and accountability. They will be held to a higher accountability when they stand before God in the great courtroom of Heaven.

    Pray for their safety. They too want to make it home safe to their families at the end of their shifts.

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  5. Well I hope they got a search warrant before finding the crack pipe etc.

    They are allowed to search for weapons for officer safety and only that in the limited search. Drugs etc they need to get a warrant for. should be easy radio call away otherwise it is a 4th amendment violation, and the case could get thrown out.

    Bomb disposal unit seems a bit much if you ask me…….. New rookie cops?

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    • 100% False crap.

      When drug paraphernalia (DWI or DUI) and/or a handgun is clearly visible within the driver’s cabin (non-open carry states) from outside the vehicle, then Probable Cause is established, and NO written warrant is necessary. The search is warranted because Probable Cause is the warrant.
      All that will stand up firmly in court as long as the traffic stop (originating Reasonable Suspicion) itself was legal.
      Is VERY well established case law.

      Per the Bomb Disposal Unit, the officers (and/or their superiors) followed Standard Operating Procedure.
      It may “seem” excessive, but it just seems that way to the uninformed.

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        • Refuting the police version of events, without any evidence, even circumstantial, is pure speculation, worse than superstition, and borders on spurious.

          Is this guy your buddy or do you just see boogeymen everywhere?

          I’m educated on the FACTS and I defend and uphold constitutional principles, whether it’s the cops or the robbers, period.
          I don’t lick boots or eat shit from criminals.
          So, go piss up a rope, chump.

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          • Sucking up to the police version of events, without any evidence, even circumstantial, is pure speculation, worse than superstition, and borders on spurious. Have you seen the bodycam footage?

            Are these cops your buddies or do you just see boogeymen everywhere?

            I’m educated on the FACTS and I defend and uphold constitutional principles, whether it’s the cops or the robbers, period.
            I don’t lick boots or eat shit from criminals.
            So, go piss up a rope, chump.

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            • Since Knuckles doesn’t (or can’t) offer a merit based argument or anything of substance, I’m left to presume that Knuckles is a pro-active advocate for serious hard drug users to roll around town running stop signs while armed with a loaded handgun.

              Not just that, but also an advocate for the really stupid ones who leave their crack pipe and loaded pistol in full public view of anyone who walks up.
              Most 12yr olds are smarter than this dumb fkn criminal.

              Go ahead, die on that very lonely, confused and paranoid hill, Knuckles.

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              • Since Non-Fiction doesn’t (or can’t) offer a merit based argument or anything of substance, I’m left to presume that they are a pro-active advocate for cops to roll around town running stop signs while armed with a loaded handgun.
                Not just that, but also an advocate for the really stupid ones who lie about a crack pipe and loaded pistol in full public view of anyone who walks up.?Most 12yr olds are smarter than this dumb fkn criminal.
                Go ahead, die on that very lonely, confused and paranoid hill, Non-Fiction

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                • Knuckles McCuck, you get an “F” for failure and poor effort. Make that a double “F” for copying someone else’s homework…twice. We should export your kind way down south of Panama with the rest of the “no ingles” crowd. Maybe send your butt to Guantanamo Bay depending on what kind of crime you’re involved in…….

                  • Ok Badge Hag settle down now. The boys in blue get enough handjobs Mr Peckerhand. Guantanamo doesn’t care about small town, small minded beefs over a small time comments section in a small town website. Eat some soup. Soak your dentures. It’ll be ok in the morning.

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                  • I’ll bet you can just switch the channel to whatever pro police YouTube video gets you off best. Everything is ok. Nobody needs to get so riled up over the comments section. Maybe you can foia the bodycam footage for your jollies. After you watch you can be triumphant in knowing the truth and learn something about how government works along the way.

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                    • Oh, well in that case, whatever you say then, Dr. Hollenbeck.
                      Thank you, so much for your profound, merit based insights!
                      Mensa wiuld be lost without you.

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