(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office reports the meth arrest of a parolee in Yuba City, pre-dawn, yesterday morning.

Just before 2:00 a.m., a deputy spotted a black Ford Explorer behind Sierra Central Credit Union on Bogue Road, with no plates. The driver, 43-year-old Tim Blankenship, is on searchable probation and parole. According to a SCSO press release, the deputy “located 2 baggies of methemphetamine, approximately 28.5 grams in each, roughly 2 ounces of narcotics, a digital scale & cash is small denominations.”

Blankenship was booked into the Sutter County Jail and charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia and placed on an authorized parole hold.