Benjamin Pearsall arrested for possession of meth, heroin ,marijuana and loaded handgun

On June  17, 2019, at about 8:00 a.m., officers with the Eureka  Police  Department responded to the  800 block of K  Street  for  the report of  a  male  nodding  off  inside of  a parked vehicle.



Officers  located  the vehicle  and made  contact with  Benjamin Pearsall (38 of Eureka).    A check  for  warrants revealed that Pearsall  had two warrants.

Detectives  with the Problem Oriented Policing  Unit (POP) responded to the scene  and assisted  with the investigation.

Pearsall  was found  to be in possession of nearly  a  half pound  of methamphetamine, a  quarter pound of  heroin, marijuana, and a  loaded handgun.    Pearsall  was arrested and  booked into the Humboldt County  Correctional  Facility  on his outstanding  warrants and  for  fresh charges of: possession of  a  controlled substance  while armed, possession of a  controlled substance  for  sales, transport of  controlled substances, possession and transport  of narcotics  for  sales,  felon in possession of  a  firearm, and possession of over 28.5  grams of  marijuana.    The  POP team  investigates ongoing  drug  and  nuisance  problems in our  city.