Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On Nov. 29, 2022, at about 2:05 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Blue Lake area conducted an investigation of an occupied vehicle outside a business on the 1400 block of Glendale Drive.

Deputies located two adult females passed out inside the vehicle. Upon contacting the women, deputies learned that the driver, 30-year-old Halli Lee Pole, had multiple warrants for her arrest. During a search of Pole and the vehicle incident to arrest, deputies located approximately 21 grams of fentanyl, .7 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and items consistent with the sale of controlled substances.

Pole was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of possession of a narcotic controlled substance (HS 11350(a)), possession of a controlled substance (HS 11377(a)), possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia (HS 11364(a)) and violation of probation (PC 1203.2(a)), in addition to warrant charges of vehicle theft (VC 10851(a)), possession of a controlled substance (HS 11377(a)), possession of a narcotic controlled substance (HS 11350(a)), driving with a suspended license (VC 14601.1(a)), property theft (PC 484(a)), check fraud (PC 476) and bringing drugs/alcohol into a prison (PC 4573.4).

The second female was released at the scene.

Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.