Crime & Safety
Elk Grove Woman Allegedly Uses Fake Prescription in Davis
Elk Grove woman arrested for trying to get pain killers with a forged prescription, while Arizona man is arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Davis.
The Davis Police made two separate drug-related arrests Wednesday afternoon that were nearly as many minutes and miles apart.
The first came when a 41-year-old man from Mesa, Ariz., was arrested on suspicion of drugs and weapons possession. An officer on patrol spotted "a suspicious vehicle" on the 1900 block of F Street and contacted the driver, Eduardo Collette, who was found to be in possession of an illegal weapon – a billy club – the Davis Police Department reported in a news release. The drugs – methamphetamine – were discovered "upon further investigation."
Collette was arrested and taken to the Monroe Detention Center.
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The second arrest, at about the same time as the above incident, occurred at the CVS Pharmacy on W. Covell Boulevard, and resulted in a 49-year-old Elk Grove woman being arrested. Maria Pumar, 49, allegedly tried to obtain prescription pain killers with a forged prescription, according to the Davis Police, and was arrested on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance, burglary and forgery.
