Police: Guns stolen form Worm Ranch recovered in traffic stop

A vehicle pulled over in the city raised suspicion and a search warrant later led to the alleged discovery of drugs and guns.

Maria P. Gonzalez
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

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WALLA WALLA -- A traffic stop Wednesday has lead to the recovery of at least six of about 27 firearms taken during a recent burglary at a local tackle shop, police said.

An officer with the Walla Walla Police Department pulled over a vehicle near Sixth and Reese avenues about 7:30 p.m. because of a non-working light on the vehicle.

The driver apparently refused the officers access inside the vehicle, forcing officers to take possession of the vehicle while a search warrant was sought and processed, Bennett said.

Once inside the vehicle, officers recovered cash, a moderate amount of methamphetamine, and eight firearms, said Tim Bennett, public information officer for the Walla Walla Police Department.


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Posted by Ike at 12/24/09 02:24PM        Post ID#: #34

Thank you for the outstanding Police work!! We as citizens don't need the guns on the street.

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Posted by (removed) at 12/24/09 10:34PM        Post ID#: #36

ok so I don't get to read the whole story because of the retarded way that the ub has this site set up..but reading the print story..woudn't the refusal of access be enough just cause to detain the driver and the passenger until the search warrent was processed?? we are talking about drugs and alot of stolen guns!!!and that isn't enough just cause to slap some cuffs on them and detain them for a couple hours?? at the very worst the police would have to let them go and say sorry but you understand why we had to detain you..best case scenario, they caught the criminals. WTF!!!
and one one of the guns was in plain site!! sheesh!!!

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Posted by mwood at 12/25/09 11:14AM        Post ID#: #38

reikimaster,
If you pay for a subscription to the UB you would have access to the entire article.
You should probably keep doing what ever it is you do and leave the law enforcement to the professionals. The drugs and guns were not found until after the search.

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Posted by (removed) at 12/26/09 01:44AM        Post ID#: #39

WELL MR SMARTY ARTY Matt WOOD...I do have a subscription to the UB, and so rightfully,I should get free access to the online version..but the UB,in it's mindless way of doing things,has overlooked the fact that some print subscribers are not able to get online...and I REFUSE TO PAY FOR THIS CRAP..
that being said...The driver refused the cops access to the car..that alone should have been probable cause..I say SHOULD have been because I am not in law enforcement..and I am very happy about that. I do not envy what they do, as I am sure they would not want to do what I do.So my question to you now is..were they arrested?

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Posted by chrismac at 12/26/09 09:03AM        Post ID#: #40

What happened to the occupants after they were released? Have they been arrested yet?

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Posted by walla2wash at 12/26/09 12:04PM        Post ID#: #41

reikimaster99362... email or call the UB and they can take care of your online problem. I was having the same problem. It took Carlos about 5 min to reply that it was fixed.

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Posted by abc123 at 12/26/09 04:03PM        Post ID#: #43

Im wondering what happened after they did search the car and found the guns and drugs, were they arrested?

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Posted by (removed) at 12/30/09 06:12AM        Post ID#: #52

well the occupants are missing..hiding..on the run,,whatever..but they are NOT IN CUSTODY!!! hmm wonder why..I hope they do not go on some shooting rampage!!I would guess that where there are "some" guns, there my be others...and where there are others...there will be those
two who ARE NOT IN CUSTODY..yup great work there....our tax dollars hard at work....

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Posted by greengirl at 12/31/09 10:14AM        Post ID#: #58

The police department does a fine job, and unless you guys are familiar with how things need to be done LEGALLY, you should leave it to them. There has to be probable cause for them to detain these people, and yes, they wouldn't consent for obvious reasons, but that in itself is NOT probable cause to detain someone.

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