People v. Kayser CA4/1

BACKGROUND

On February 25, 2020, law enforcement, including Officer Justin Carty, executed a search warrant on Kayser’s residence in Hesperia, California. In the living room, officers found multiple instruments used for cutting or separating narcotics and a metal spoon with a white crystalline substance consistent with methamphetamine. In the office, Kayser had a laptop with wires connected to many surveillance cameras located inside and outside the house. The office closet had an open safe, where law enforcement found: a large bag of methamphetamine, two smaller bags of methamphetamine, a digital scale, a box of clear bags commonly used to package narcotics, an envelope with $400 cash in various denominations, a loaded revolver, and two other firearms. The large bag of methamphetamine weighed 52.66 grams. The revolver belonged to Kayser, and it was operable. Kayser also had $385

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2 in cash in different denominations in his wallet. In the master bedroom of the residence, officers found a glass pipe with what appeared to be methamphetamine residue, hypodermic needles that could have been used to inject…