EPD rousts heroin den, arrest six

One ounce of heroin also seized at second location

Humboldt Sentinel staff
7/16/09

Eureka

Six needle-wielding heroin users were served with a search warrant and subsequently arrested on drug charges today, while across town Eureka Police Department officers simultaneously served a warrant at a second location and found an ounce of heroin.

First on the docket is 37-year-old Michael Ray Robinson, who is charged with maintaining a drug house at the unspecified address on the 600 block of West Wabash Avenue. Additional felony drug possession charges are pending for Robinson, according to EPD sergeant Steve Watson in a release.

The EPD Crime Suppression Unit, assisted by uniformed patrol officers, also arrested Philip Daniel Myers, 19, Christopher Paul Jacobson, 21, and Adonia McGarity, 38 for possession of hypodermic syringes and drug paraphernalia; EPD suggests felony drug possession charges are also pending for McGarity.

Virginia Mae Ramsland, 29, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, while Joseph Donald Ray, 42, was arrested for both drug possession and possession of paraphernalia.

EPD declined to disclose the second location searched where the ounce of heroin was seized; their investigation is ongoing and further arrests may follow.