UPDATE: On June 29, 2015, the charges against defendant Taylor Collins were dismissed.

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(Above, L to R: Meyers, Collins, Branstetter, Brown, Wilkins)

Eureka Police Department press release:

On 05/12/15 at about 10:31 a.m., detectives with the Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP), served a search warrant at an apartment complex at the 1600 block of 3rd Street in response to complaints of suspicious activity.  Detectives located marijuana and suspected stolen property.  Five subjects were arrested: Curtis Meyers (30), Taylor Collins (30), Lee Branstetter (45), Elisabeth Brown (34), and Robert Wilkins (58) for various drug related charges.  All but Wilkins were also arrested on outstanding warrants. 

(Note: To see the arrestees’ individual charges, see today’s edition of BOOKED.)