Last time Frank Slade was arrested it was a Honda, meth & a woman cohort; now a Hyundai, meth and another woman

The Humboldt County Drug Task Force secured a Humboldt County Superior Court search warrant for 44 year old Frank Slade and his vehicle, a white 2016 Hyundai Genesis.

 On August 18th at around 8:00 P.M. Special Agents with the Task Force observed Mr. Slade driving his vehicle north bound Hwy 101 near Benbow.  They conducted a traffic enforcement stop and detained Mr. Slade and his passenger, 41 year old Melissa Bauer.

     
Ms. Bauer admitted to being in possession of a methamphetamine pipe and approximately ½ an ounce of methamphetamine, which Agents located on her person.

 With the assistance of the Humboldt County District Attorney Investigator's narcotics detection K-9, Special Agents located 2.21 pounds of suspected methamphetamine concealed inside a large speaker box.

    
 Mr. Slade was placed under arrest for transportation of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sales, and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia.  Ms. Bauer was placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia.  Both were transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where they were booked on the above listed charges.

HCSO Press Release (August 2014):

On 8-27-2014, at approximately 12:30 a.m. a Humboldt County Sheriff’s office Deputy on patrol in McKinleyville stopped a black 1996 Honda sedan for a traffic violation on Edeline Avenue, McKinleyville.  After the Honda stopped, the deputy saw a male crouched in the back seat, attempting to conceal himself from the deputy’s view. The deputy spoke with the driver of the vehicle who was identified as Sharon Patrice Erick, 44 years old from McKinleyville. A records check revealed Ericson was driving with a suspended driver’s license.

Ericson was arrested by the deputy for driving on a suspended license. The deputy contacted the male in the back seat of the Honda and asked him if he had any identification. The man told the deputy he did not have any identification, despite holding a wallet in his hand. The deputy asked to see the wallet and inside the wallet was a social security card with the name Frank Albert Slade .

The deputy conducted a records check on Slade and learned he was wanted on three misdemeanor arrest warrants for possession of drugs. Frank Albert Slade, 41 years old from McKinleyville, was arrested on those three outstanding warrants. The deputy learned Slade was also wanted in two other Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office cases.

  On July 5th, 2014 in McKinleyville, a woman reported Slade violated a domestic violence court order and committed felony vandalism. On August 2, 2014, the same woman reported Slade assaulted her with a vehicle, kidnapped her, violated a court order and committed domestic violence against her.

The deputy searched the Honda and located approximately two grams of suspected methamphetamine in between the front seats, several syringes and pipes used to smoke methamphetamine.

 After transporting Ericson and Slade to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility, the deputy and a Correctional Officer searched Ericson’s purse that she had been carrying. Inside her purse, they located approximately 26 grams of heroin and a small digital scale.  Erickson was booked for transportation and possession for sale of a controlled substance and driving on a suspended license. Her bail was set at $50,000

Slade was booked on the outstanding arrest warrants, and also for the previous cases involving violating a court order, assault with a deadly weapon, felony vandalism, domestic violence and kidnapping. His total bail was set at $200,000.