Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Oakdale Man & Waterford Woman

La Grange, CA…Early this morning, a deputy stopped a Chevy S-10 pickup on HWY 108 at La Grange Road for expired and suspended registration. A records check of the driver, 39-year-old Ryan Heskett of Waterford and passenger, 34-year-old Kimberly Northcutt of Oakdale showed Heskett was on probation out of Stanislaus County. A search was conducted and over 20 grams of methamphetamine, almost 2 grams of heroin, several plastic baggies, and drug paraphernalia were found.

Heskett and Northcutt were arrested and booked into the Tuolumne County Jail for possession and transportation of a controlled substance for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia. Heskett was additionally charged with expired registration and no proof of insurance.