2 HELD, 1 SOUGHT AFTER AGENTS SEIZE NARCOTICS

Two Marina residents are in custody and a third is being sought by
narcotics agents who burst into their motel room this week and seized crack
cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, sheriff's officials said
Thursday.

The county's Narcotics Enforcement Unit arrested Letha Michelle Williams
and Patrick Curry, both 33, Wednesday at the Motel 6 on Reservation Road on
suspicion of drug dealing out of motel rooms, Monterey County sheriff's
Sgt. Bruce Palmer said. Police issued a warrant for a third suspect, Bobby
Leon Johnson Jr., 38.

Police would not disclose the amount or value of the narcotics seized.

The narcotics unit includes officers from the Monterey County sheriff's and
probation departments, the district attorney, and police in Marina and
Pacific Grove.

Sheriff's deputy hurt in collision with van

A Monterey County sheriff's deputy was injured late Wednesday when an
alleged drunken driver collided with his patrol car in north Salinas, the
California Highway Patrol said Thursday.

Deputy Keith Wingo was driving west on Laurel Drive shortly before 11 p.m.
when he was struck by an eastbound van as the driver tried to turn left
onto Linwood Drive, CHP officer Derek Kawai said. The van caused severe
damage to the patrol car, he said.

Wingo was taken to Natividad Medical Center, where he was treated for neck
strain and released, sheriff's Sgt. Bruce Palmer said. The driver of the
van, Isaias Avila, 54, was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving,
authorities said.

12-mile chase ends in suspects' capture

A couple suspected of drug offenses led Santa Cruz police Thursday on a
12-mile highway pursuit from the city's beach district up the mountains to
Felton and back before they were captured in a foot chase, police said.

The driver, Summer Lea Simpson, 38, and Keith Armstrong, 30, were
approached at 10:51 a.m. by Santa Cruz police who suspected them of
narcotics violations, police said.

When an officer asked Simpson to get out of her truck, she started the
engine, police said. Armstrong jumped into the vehicle, and the two took
off, fleeing up Highway 9 at speeds ranging from 25 to 50 mph to Felton and
then back down Graham Hill Road to Santa Cruz's Beach Hill neighborhood,
where they were arrested, investigators said.

Simpson was booked into the county jail on suspicion of driving while
intoxicated, drug use and possession and evading arrest. Armstrong was
booked on suspicion of evading arrest and drug use.