JASTALYN Vivas Camacho was arrested and charged with illegal possession of a controlled substance after a traffic violation stoppage.
The official complaint filed in Superior Court by the Department of Public Safety-Drug Enforcement Task Force stated that on Aug. 20, 2021, at 2:10 a.m., an officer in a police vehicle conducting a routine patrol on Tun Herman Pan Road saw a sedan traveling at a high rate of speed swerve in front of his lane, almost causing a head-on collision. The sedan immediately swerved back to its lane traveling south.
The police officer then made a U-turn, activated his emergency lights, and followed the sedan until it pulled over.
When asked for her driver’s license and registration, the driver of the sedan, Camacho, told the police officer that she did not have her driver’s license with her.
As the police officer was talking to Camacho, he noticed in plain view a clear bag containing a crystalline substance on top of the center console right in front of a gear under the radio player.
Asked about the contents of the clear bag, Camacho said “It’s not mine, I might know whose, but I am not saying names.”
Another police officer tested the crystalline substance, which weighed 0.7 grams, and it yielded presumptive positive for the presence of methamphetamine.
Camacho, 30, appeared before Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho on Monday for a bail hearing.
The judge, who is not related to the defendant, imposed a $20,000 cash bail on her.
After the hearing, the defendant was remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections, and was ordered to return to court for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 1 at 9 a.m., and for an arraignment on Sept. 13 at 9 a.m.
Assistant Public Defender Karie Komstock was appointed by the court to represent the defendant while Assistant Attorney General James Houston appeared for the government.
