(SCSO release) — Over the weekend, Sutter County Live Oak Deputies observed a vehicle in the Live Oak City Hall parking lot, after normal business hours. Upon approach, deputies located drug paraphernalia, a machete and a knife, in plain view, from the window of the vehicle.

Deputies contacted 39-year-old Dale Allen Brooks Jr. from Yuba City, and a records check determined he was on probation out of Colusa County. Due to the circumstances, a vehicle search was conducted. Deputies located two 5-gallon gas canisters, numerous shaved keys, burglary tools, and a sawed-off .410-guage shotgun.

Brooks was booked into the Sutter County Jail for possession of burglary items, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm and theft.