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BOLO Alert leads to Driver Arrest

Posted: Oct. 23, 2015 12:23 PM PDT

Thursday night shortly before 10 pm a citizen called 9-1-1 to report a  driver possibly under the influence swerving in the road.  CHP officer Mike Steele says the call went out  as a Be on the Lookout or BOLO alert.

click to listen to CHP Officer Mike Steele

 

A CHP Officer in the area spotted the suspect vehicle at Highway 20 near Rex Reservoir and pulled behind it to engage a traffic stop.

click to listen to CHP Officer Mike Steele

 

The Driver, 36 year old James Williamson of Redding, CA  was taken into custody and a search conducted of his vehicle.

click to listen to CHP Officer Mike Steele

 

Some items that had been reported stolen were also located inside the vehicle. Officer Steele says Williamson was charged with driving a vehicle under the influence, possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, being under the influence of a controlled substance and receiving known stolen property.

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