Photo: Mitchell Traglio
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in Foresthill with drugs and a gun –
“One of our deputies initiated a traffic stop in Foresthill, Sunday morning. The deputy contacted the driver, 37-year old Mitchell Traglio, of Auburn.
Traglio is on parole for assault with a deadly weapon. Deputies searched his vehicle, and found several items in the engine compartment.
A knit bag was found near the windshield washer fluid and a pair of shorts was tucked in next to the air intake.
Inside the bag, deputies discovered five plastic baggies of methamphetamine. One of the deputies removed the shorts from the engine and located a loaded handgun inside the shorts.
Traglio was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of ammunition, possession of a controlled substance while armed with a loaded firearm, possession of a controlled substance for sale and violation of parole.”