STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. — "The narcotics and weapon were also left in an area of the home which were once accessible to the man’s eight year-old daughter," the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office said in a press release, announcing the arrest of a Turlock man arrested on charges of possession of narcotics, weapons, and child endangerment.
According to a Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office news release, a brief standoff occurred around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, when 36-year-old Jose Gutierrez did not come out of his home while deputies were serving a search warrant. The warrant was in regards to a narcotics investigation.
Gutierrez's daughter was inside the home with him at the time of the standoff, but deputies negotiated a peaceful surrender and arrest. His daughter was released into the custody of a relative.
Deputies then searched the house and found a controlled substance believed to be cocaine, a large amount of cash, functional digital scales, a stolen firearm, a motorcycle that was reported stolen to the Modesto Police Department and several bags of processed, pre-packaged marijuana.
Gutierrez was taken to the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center and booked for weapons, narcotics, child endangerment, the possession of stolen property, auto theft and other charges.
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