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Originally Posted by Promethius88
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I assume so. The ages match, and Lindcove (where the 2012 Dale Ball was living) and Visalia (where the 2019 Dale Ball lives) are both in Tulare County, California, about 15 miles apart.
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18 arrested in Palace drug bust
Suspects from Tulare County found packaging hash oil in three hotel rooms
By Kevin Kennedy Dec 22, 2012 2
LEMOORE — Kings County Sheriff’s deputies and Narcotic Task Force investigators arrested 18 Tulare County residents in connection with a drug bust at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino Friday.
Deputies investigating reports of suspicious activity in the hotel Friday morning identified three hotel rooms where large amounts of hash oil were being packaged for sale. They called in the task force, which seized several thousand prepared containers containing about two grams of hash oil each as well as several pounds of the concentrated marijuana with a combined street value of about $350,000.
A rented moving van found in the casino parking lot contained materials used to make hash oil.
The investigation led officials to serve a search warrant in Exeter, where they found more hash oil, several thousand dollars and packaging materials similar to those found at the hotel. They arrested Dale Ball, 42, of Lindcove and transported him to the Kings County Jail on suspicion of various felony charges related to the manufacture and sale of hash oil. Bail was set at $605,000.
Arrested at Tachi Palace and booked into the county jail in connection with the case were 12 Visalia residents: Josh Harris, 22; Rickey Burkhart, 21; James Lee, 19; Matthew Molina, 23; Ian McLean, 24; Steven Mount, 21; Spencer McCoy, 22; Tiffany Huckabay, 18; Donald Williams, 22; Joshua Kehoe, 23; Zachary Rasmussen 19; and James Williams, 21. Also arrested were Tommy Montalvo, 21, and Trinaty Fletcher, 19, both of Goshen; Andres Pena, 23, of Lindsay; Ethan Dunn, 20, of Porterville; and Teresa Carner, 29, of Exeter. Bail on most of the suspects was set at $595,000.
Sgt. Jeff Torres of the task force said the suspects had rented the rooms the night before and appeared to be about halfway through the packaging process. He described Ball as “one of the main players in getting this all together.”
“It was a pretty major operation they had going on there,” said Torres. “The Palace security was really attentive and a great help in us making these arrests.”
The reporter can be reached at 583-2423 or
kkennedy@HanfordSentinel.com.