On Monday, a call about a male brandishing a firearm in Petaluma sent police to North McDowell Boulevard, setting off a sequence of events that led to an unexpected drug bust. According to a report from the Petaluma Police Department, at 12:03 AM, authorities dispatched officers to the 1300 block where the incident reportedly took place. The suspect, later identified as John Gillette Jr., a 40-year-old New York resident, was located along Old Redwood Highway in the company of a female driver.

Drawing upon their training for high-risk scenarios, the officers stopped the vehicle. Subsequently, the officers detained both the man and the woman, yet no firearm was discovered on their persons or in the car. Despite the initial call's gravity, no gun emerged from the search. Instead, the officers, in the pursuit of public safety, their lodestar, found a substantial quantity of methamphetamine and related paraphernalia, suggesting intent to sell.

The substance of the find shifted the course of the investigation. Gillette found himself under arrest, facing the stark reality of a felony charge, 11378 H&S, Possession of a controlled substance for sales. Per the Petaluma Police Department's statement, Gillette's booking into the Sonoma County Jail came without the complication of a firearm charge. Meanwhile, the female implicated only by proximity to Gillette at the moment of detainment was free to go, with no charges staining her record.