Bee Staff
Teamwork involving two police departments, a fire department and a joint task force recently resulted in the arrest of three men and a woman on assorted drug, gun and assault charges, according to a Roseville Police Department news release.
The release gives this chain of events:
At about 4:30 p.m. on July 21, members of the Roseville Police Vice & Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Placer Regional Auto-Theft Taskforce observed a drug transaction in a parking lot near Auburn Boulevard. and Whyte Avenue.
Two vehicles were involved in the transaction, an Acura sedan and a Lincoln sedan. Officers stopped the Acura and arrested the driver, Brent Wilson, without a problem, but the driver of the Lincoln drove onto Auburn Boulevard, ramming two police vehicles in the process and then sped away, the release states.
He led officers on a short pursuit southbound on Auburn Boulevard into Citrus Heights. Citrus Heights Police officers responded to assist.
The driver stopped the Lincoln on Auburn Boulevard. at Rollingwood, in Citrus Heights, and he and two passengers fled on foot.
Roseville and Citrus Heights officers searched the area and eventually detained all three of the suspects. A loaded handgun was seized.
Acting on a tip, officers returned to the area later to search for discarded cocaine. With the help of member of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, they searched the roof of a business in the 8100 block of Auburn Boulevard, near Rollingwood Boulevard, and found a baggie containing approximately three ounces of cocaine.
The release states the following were arrested:
-Brent Thomas Wilson, 19, of Loomis, on suspicion of attempted drug sales, possession and conspiracy.
-Nicholas Eric Rice, 24, of Fair Oaks, the alleged driver of the Lincoln, on suspicion charges that include assault with a deadly weapon (ramming the officer's vehicles), conspiracy, weapons charges, attempted drug sales, recklessly evading a police officer and parole violation
-Joshua Phillip Andrew Gartrell, 25, of Sacramento, who police say was a passenger in the Lincoln, on suspicion of attempted drug sales, weapons charges, conspiracy and resisting arrest.
-Charity Lynn Hicks, 23, of Citrus Heights, who police say also was a passenger in the Lincoln, on suspicion of attempted drug sales, conspiracy and resisting arrest.
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