LOWER LAKE — On September 25 at approximately 1 p.m., a Lake County Sheriff’s School Resource Deputy was patrolling the Lower Lake High School campus. The deputy observed a Toyota Corolla, driven by a female with two male passengers, drive through the school parking lot to the rear of the school. The vehicle drove to an area where only school staff and students are allowed. It appeared to the deputy that all the occupants in the vehicle were adults. Students on campus were also on their lunch break.
The vehicle parked illegally in a handicapped space. The deputy saw the female driver, later identified as Amanda Ann Guajardo, 23, of Lakeport, get out and walk away from the vehicle while the male passengers stayed at the vehicle. The deputy contacted Guajardo and escorted her back to the vehicle. Guajardo told the deputy she was at the school to pick up her cousin. The deputy checked with school staff and learned that Guajardo’s cousin was not a student at the high school.
The deputy conducted a records check on the three subjects and found that one of the males was on parole and that Guajardo was a convicted felon. The deputy conducted a search of the three subjects and the vehicle. He did not locate any illegal items on the males or in the vehicle. While searching Guajardo, he located a small canister of pepper spray and two glass methamphetamine pipes.
Guajardo was placed under arrest and transported to the Lake County Jail for being a felon in possession of pepper spray, possession of glass methamphetamine pipes, being on school grounds with no lawful reason, and driving on a suspended license. During the booking process, correctional officers located a plastic bag containing approximately 1 gram of heroin, 7.4 grams of methamphetamine, and 14 ecstasy pills that were hidden in Guajardo’s bra.
The deputy believed Guajardo possessed the items with the intent to sell them on school grounds. Guajardo was additionally booked for possession and transportation of a controlled substance for sale, possession and transportation of a narcotic substance for sale, drug sales on school grounds, and bringing a controlled substance into the correctional facility. Guajardo was also on felony probation and remains in custody on a no bail hold.
