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2 escape, 1 captured after neighborhood lockdown

by K. Enrique • March 11, 2014

Deputies contained the neighborhood near 11th Street East and Avenue Q-11 for about 30 minutes Tuesday as they searched for a parolee busted for drugs and two men who allegedly interrupted the drug bust. (Photo by JOHN MEZA)
Deputies contained the neighborhood near 11th Street East and Avenue Q-11 for about 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon, as they searched for a parolee seen with meth and two men who allegedly interrupted the drug bust. (Photo by JOHN MEZA)

PALMDALE – A Palmdale neighborhood was locked down for about 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon as deputies swarmed the area searching for a suspected drug dealer and his two alleged accomplices.

The incident began around 4 p.m. near 11th Street East and Avenue Q-11, authorities said.

A deputy patrolling the area recognized a parolee with “search conditions,” who was known for selling drugs, according to Lt. Wright of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.

“The deputy made contact with the [parolee], and the suspect immediately pulled out a baggy of methamphetamine, threw it on the ground, and then tried to lay on top of it,” Wright said. “Another person ran in and tried to grab the bag the [parolee] had thrown on the ground.”

A sheriff's helicopter aided the search, and in the end, one of the suspects was captured. (JOHN MEZA)
A sheriff’s helicopter aided the search, and in the end, one of the suspects was captured. (JOHN MEZA)

The deputy ordered the second guy away, but then a third man approached the deputy in a threatening manner, Wright said.

“[He was] acting as though he might have a gun, reaching into his waistband,” Wright said, adding that the parolee/alleged drug dealer ran off as the deputy was dealing with the third man.

The third suspect initially got away as well, and several deputies, aided by a sheriff’s helicopter, searched the neighborhood for all three suspects.

About 30 minutes later, the man who had allegedly approached the deputy in a threatening manner and pretended to have a gun, was captured, Wright said.

Eighteen-year-old Sodel Wissar was arrested around 5:01 p.m. on suspicion of being an accessory to a felony and booked at the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station on $20,000 bail.

Tuesday evening, deputies were still hunting the parolee/alleged drug dealer and the second suspect.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

11 comments for "2 escape, 1 captured after neighborhood lockdown"

  1. disappointed says

    March 16, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    This the worst street in AV. Too much active in around here. Only thing I got to said is ur dum dum can have 11th 12th 10th street east..I am out of here. This ppl need God and until reality kick in remember they are BUILDING MORE JAIL OR YOU GOING TO ANOTHER STATE TO SERVE TIME.. CALIFORNIA NEED TOUGH LAWS… THANK FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE PSD.

  2. majority says

    March 12, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    Awsome picture mostly the helicopter
    Go lasd

  3. marco rubio says

    March 12, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Is he related to Marlene?

    • Jasmine Montoya says

      April 15, 2014 at 5:59 am

      Yes he is . And he has a brother named Steven .

  4. MAJORITY says

    March 12, 2014 at 9:26 am

    WOW SO THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED I WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON.

  5. Hanna says

    March 12, 2014 at 9:19 am

    Dangerous bumbling idiots! Two guys come to the aid of the drug dealer to confuse the situation, and it did for a minute. Bag of meth was used, one guy gets caught, and the other two will get caught sooner or later. They will all get released at some point, and the dangerous bumbling idiots will be at it again! Figure out a way to change your mind-set and turn your life around before it’s too late.

  6. Daniel says

    March 12, 2014 at 7:56 am

    Antelope Valley needs a major house cleaning. Drugs are a scourge on our society and greatly diminishes quality of life.

  7. Jimmy Q Stewart says

    March 12, 2014 at 12:36 am

    Great. ANtelope Valley is becoming more and more like the Los ANgeles inner city. Helicopters and all. This is definately not a place I would want to create roots in. Police, thugs and everyone in between. Its sad how the thugs and police destroy the quality of life for everyone. Just another sign that people cant manage themselves. Next the thugs or police will be making false police reports simply to destroy peoples lives. Los Angeles certainly is not the place for me.

  8. Sweetie says

    March 11, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    Raskel Sodel from West Side Centro? say it isn’t so.

    • Hanna says

      March 12, 2014 at 8:01 am

      Sweetie—Maybe you can actually be a positive force in your friends life. I have no idea what that could be but you might know.

      • MICHAEL WISAR says

        March 27, 2014 at 11:00 am

        PEOPLE YOU ARE SO DAM BLIND IT IS NOT FUNNY PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE REALITY OF IT ALL………….”IT IS WHAT IT IS” CLEAN HOUSE AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 1000 SS SOLDIERS

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