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Sonora, CA --- On February 27th, 2024 at around 11:05 p.m., Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputy Alex Zanini conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Merrel road and Harper…
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Sonora, CA --- On February 27th, 2024 at around 11:05 p.m., Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputy Alex Zanini conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Merrel road and Harper road.
The vehicle was a white pickup truck with multiple vehicle code violations,
including an obscured license plate and a non-fonctioning left brake light.
The driver did not have any form of legal identification. The passenger also said he did not have an ID. The driver gave deputy Zanini a name, but a check of that name resulted in an expired California driver's license.
After the incident, it was determined the driver gave deputy Zanini an alias and the driver did not have a California driver's license.
Using the driver's name, deputy Zanini ran a computer check on local database which provided a photo, but the match was inconclusive.
Deputy Zanini also asked dispatch to pull a Calphoto to try to identify him.
Calphoto is a DWM database utilised by law enforcement.
With the driver identity unconfirmed, deputy Zanini asked the driver to exit the vehicle.
The driver consented to a search, and the deputy Zanini found a vial in his pocket containing a white residue.
Deputy Zanini had developed probable cause to search the pickup truck for controlled substance and forms of identification to verify the driver identity.
The driver consented to the search of the pickup truck.
In post-incident deputy Zanini statement, deputy Zanini said that he believed that the nearest backup to his location was approximately twenty minutes away.
For deputy safety, he wanted to secure the passenger later identified as 42-year-old Shawn Karr before conducting a search of the pickup truck.
GPS data obtained after the incident showed the nerest backup for deputy Zanini was approximately 25 miles away, near East Sonora.
On the winding rural roads, it takes approximately 40 minutes to cover that distance at normal driving speed..
