Redding’s Neighborhood Police Unit says they arrested a parolee with drugs for sale on Thursday. 46-year-old Michael Orosco was contacted in the parking lot of the La Quinta Inn on Hilltop Drive. He’s on parole for assault with a deadly weapon. He reportedly had a Meth pipe and a key to a room in the hotel, so that was searched too. Officers reported finding 2.5 Ounces of Methamphetamine, 5 individual bags of Fentanyl, a loaded 9 millimeter handgun, 4 Pounds of processed cannabis and other narcotics-related items. He was booked on felony charges in line with Prop 36.
-Steve Gibson