Seven arrested during holiday weekend
Therresa Worthington
ST. GEORGE – Southern Utah police and Utah Highway Patrol officers were busy over the long holiday weekend.
Hurricane Police arrested BillieJo Leanne Maxine Lange and Brad Christian Monson on Wednesday after Lange reportedly failed to stop and was pulled over.
"There were suspicious circumstances, so the officer obtained permission to search the vehicle," said Sgt. Brandon Buell, HPD public information officer.
The search turned up Oxycodone, methamphetamine and paraphernalia, Buell said.
A knife was also found near a pipe with meth residue in it, he said.
Lange was arrested and charged with altering or defacing a prescription label, driving on a denied driver's license, failure to stop, possession of paraphernalia, category II person possessing a dangerous weapon and three counts of drug possession. She was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $33,488 bail.
Monson was a passenger in the vehicle, Buell said. He was arrested on charges of altering or defacing a prescription label and two counts of drug possession. He was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $10,680 bail.
Four California residents also were arrested by Utah Highway Patrol officers in the early morning hours Christmas Day. Emily Toscano Castillo, Nancy Diana Lopez, Jonathan Steve Rivera and Luis Miguel Ramirez each were charged with drug possession, and Rivera was booked on additional charges of speeding, driving under the influence of metabolite and possession of paraphernalia.
Rivera was booked into Iron County Jail on $7,000 bail and the others on $5,000 bail each.
A third arrest of note involved Rachel Elizabeth Dahlin of Washington City. According to a probable cause statement, Washington City police were called about a wanted person who had drugs and paraphernalia as well as Dahlin's exact whereabouts in the home. Police were also given permission to enter.
When police found Dahlin, she was lying on a bed, asleep, and there was a black, tar-like substance the officer recognized as heroin in the medicine cabinet, which was open, according to the statement.
Dahlin was arrested on a $5,000 warrant. After a search of her home, police also found methamphetamine, paraphernalia and a "Schedule 3" drug. Dahlin was in a drug-free zone being within 1,000 feet of a day care center.
Dahlin was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $27,533 bail and charged with distribution in a drug-free zone, possession of paraphernalia, three counts of drug possession and a warrant.
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