Interstate probation bust yields cannabis, prescription pills and large sum of cash

On Thursday April 09, 2015, at about 9:35 am, the Humboldt County Drug Task Force and the Humboldt County Probation Department conducted a probation search and served an arrest warrant in the 2200 block of Munson Court, Eureka, CA. Agents contacted Henry Stommel (Age 25) who was on courtesy inter-state formal probation and had an extraditable arrest warrant out of Baldwin County, Alabama. Agents arrested Stommel without incident.

During a search of Stommel’s residence, agents located concentrated cannabis, marijuana bud, suspected pay and owe receipts, evidence of inter-state shipping, and a large sum of US Currency. Agents located information that Stommel had a storage unit in Eureka.

Subsequently, agents obtained a Humboldt County Superior Court search warrant and served the search warrant on the storage unit. Agents located marijuana packaged for sales, a large sum of US Currency, a currency counter, concentrated cannabis and packaging materials.

Agents seized an approximate total in excess of 2 pounds of concentrated cannabis, 50 pounds of marijuana.

Stommel was arrested on the outstanding warrant, for possession of marijuana for sales and unlawful possession of prescription pills without a prescription. Stommel was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility and his bail was set at $25,737.00.