TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO RECOVERY OF STOLEN U-HAUL VEHICLE

Douglas Co. Sheriff's Office

YONCALLA, Ore. - A traffic stop Monday evening resulted in the arrest of two people in a stolen vehicle.

A deputy made a traffic stop at 5:25 pm on a 2018 Ford Van owned by U-Haul for speeding. The deputy learned during the course of the traffic stop that the vehicle was stolen. The driver, 32 year-old Nicholas Charles Slead of Tacoma, Washington, was taken into custody. The passenger, 30 year-old Elisa Nicole Gill of Gresham, was also taken into custody on an arrest warrant.

During a subsequent search of the vehicle, deputies located methamphetamine and heroin.

Slead and Gill were transported to the Douglas County Jail where they were lodged on the following charges:

Slead: 

Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle
Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine
Unlawful Possession of Heroin

Gill:

Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle

Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine

Unlawful Possession of Heroin

Felony Arrest Warrant