People v. Bey CA1/3

BACKGROUND

A burglary of HomeEnergy, a business, occurred on June 23, 2021. On June 28, an officer responded to a domestic disturbance in Sonoma. The officer saw Carmina Salcido sitting in a green Mercury Mountaineer SUV registered to Bey and parked in an alley outside of Bey’s house. Salcido allowed the officer to search the vehicle, which revealed two methamphetamine pipes and goods stolen from HomeEnergy. Those goods included computers, a checkbook, and commercial GPS trackers. The same day, officers obtained a warrant to search for stolen HomeEnergy items in Bey’s house and “[a]ny and all vehicle[s] reasonably believed” to be under the control of the residents. Officers collected over 100 items, such as cellphones, license plates, modems, and other electronic goods from HomeEnergy. A search of Bey’s bedroom revealed a box of .38-caliber ammunition, a pill bottle containing nine-millimeter ammunition, a case for a Glock handgun, and an empty handgun magazine. During the search, Bey noted he started parking his Cadillac truck in the alleyway behind his house. Officers searched the truck parked against the back fence. Inside was a pill bottle with Luger ammunition, a…