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Lack of License Plate Leads to Meth Arrest, Police Say
Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station provided the following crime report. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
A Crescenta Valley Sheriff's deputy who pulled over a man driving without a license plate allegedly found the driver to be in possession of a methamphetamine pipe, according to a crime report.
The deputy spotted the vehicle driving west on the Foothill (210) Freeway just before 4 a.m. on Monday, the report states. He stopped the 2002 Honda Accord at Ocean View Boulevard and found the driver, 29-year-old Daniel Flores of Montrose, to be on probation for burglary, according to the report.
When the deputy searched Flores and the car, he found a methamphetamine pipe in the suspect's front pocket. Flores told the deputy, "It's a meth pipe,'' the report states.
Flores was arrested on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia and suspicion of possessing a controlled substance.
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