Orange police report 35-year-old Rosa Bonilla, who died after Orange County jailers found her hanging in her holding cell Friday night, was arrested for having prescription Xanax in her purse. She had been the passenger in a car police stopped after seeing a brake light not working.
The arrest was about 10 Friday morning on DuPont Drive. OPD narcotics officers sergeants Jason Laughlin and J.C. Steele reported they were driving on DuPont Drive and saw a Chevrolet Camaro turn into a driveway in the 1300 block. A “rear brake light did not illuminate,” Sergeant Steele reported.
The man driving the car gave permission to search it. Sergeant Steele said Bonilla was the passenger in the car and she had “numerous” Xanax pills in a plastic baggie in her purse.
Possession of the drug without a prescription is a state jail felony. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office reported when she was found hanging in the holding cell Friday night that she had been arrested for a misdemeanor drug charge.
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Orange police also received reports of burglaries. On Thursday morning, a resident in the 800 block of Second Street returned home to discover that the back door of the house had been forced open. Two TVs, a Samsung tablet, two DVD players and a Nintendo had been stolen.
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On Saturday morning, three TVs were reported stolen from a house on Knox Avenue. The resident was out of town and a security company noticed that a motion detector in the living room had been set off.
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Police reported Saturday at 12:30 p.m. that a black Schwinn bike had been stolen from an attached garage at a house in the 4400 block on Highland Street.
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A commercial vehicle owned by Safety Wear LTD was parked at 519 South Lutcher Drive and had a window broken. Police were called Sunday to the site. The break-in was between 6 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
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