EUGENE, Ore. (KMTR) -- Police arrested three people after a traffic stop early Wednesday morning. Shortly after midnight, Eugene Police officers stopped a green Subaru station wagon traveling the wrong direction on East 17th Avenue near Oak.
During the stop, the officers determined the three subjects in the vehicle were in possession of stolen items including a gun, a laptop computer and nearly 70 grams of methamphetamine. Nearly $10,000 in cash was also located along with the stolen and illegal items.
Further investigation led officers to a room at the Valley River Inn where sufficient evidence was uncovered to obtain a search warrant on the location. Upon executing the warrant, officers located several more computers, an additional gun and a significant amount of collector coins.
Elizabeth Ann Caro, 41, address unknown, Chad Aaron Swenson, 32, Springfield area resident and Herbert Randall Gascon, 46, Eugene area resident were arrested and lodged at the Lane County Jail.
While the investigation is continuing, additional charges the group likely faces include Delivery of Methamphetamine, Possession of a Controlled Substance x2, Theft 1 x 2, Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Additionally, Caro and Gascon were arrested for unrelated outstanding warrant charges.
