People v. Crawford CA2/5

BACKGROUND

From January through March 2014, Los Angeles Police Department Detective Ammon Williams and other officers conducted a surveillance of the residences at 12926 and 12932 Maclay Street in Los Angeles County. During the surveillance, Williams observed conduct consistent with the sale of narcotics. Williams did not see defendant, an admitted San Fer gang member with the gang moniker “Dreamer,” at either of the residences during the surveillance. In January 2014, Paul Altimirano, a documented San Fer gang member, engaged in “some sort of exchange” in front of 12926 Maclay Street from the front passenger seat of a vehicle. After the transaction, Altimirano drove away. The police stopped Altimirano’s vehicle and arrested him. On March 18, 2014, Los Angeles Police Department officers searched the residences at 12926 and 12932 Maclay Street. Officer David St. Pierre searched the residence at 12932 Maclay Street. Defendant and an unidentified woman were found in one of the bedrooms at that residence. From that bedroom, the police recovered three baggies that contained 3.81 grams of a substance that resembled methamphetamine—the contents of one of the baggies tested positive for…