Crime & Safety
Teenager Arrested For Crack Possession Following Kmart Shoplifting Incident
Brittany Winn, 19, is charged with possession of crack cocaine for sale.
An Oakland teenager was arrested on suspicion of drug possession Saturday afternoon after Scotts Valley police responded to a shoplifting incident.
Police were dispatched to Kmart at 270 Mt. Hermon Rd. after a boy was arrested for shoplifting. He was taken to the police department, where his aunt picked him up, police said.
After a check on the boy's aunt, Latrice Thomas, 29, of Oakland, police found she was on active parole for drug offenses and had an outstanding warrant for traffic offenses in Kern County.
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Police searched Thomas' vehicle and located about one ounce of crack cocaine in a purse belonging to her passenger, Brittany Winn, 19, of Oakland. Thomas was cited and released, while Winn was taken into custody
after she admitted she owned the purse and the crack, according to police.
A Santa Cruz sheriff's deputy found another bag in the trunk of the car. The bag held packaging materials and narcotics paraphernalia.
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Winn was charged with possession of cocaine for sale and booked at the county jail.
—Bay City News Service
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