Four held on drug-, gun-related charges

-- Sue Doyle

Newport Beach Police detectives on Tuesday arrested four people on

suspicion of possessing drugs, drug paraphernalia and a gun at a home in

Santa Ana Heights.

Angelo Joseph Failla, 19, of Huntington Beach, and Jessica Suzanne

Sanders, 19, of Santa Ana Heights, were booked Tuesday on suspicion of

possession of methamphetamine with the intent to sell. Jason Edward Cary,

34, of Santa Ana Heights, was arrested for illegal possession of a

firearm. Amy Shiver, 26, of Santa Ana Heights, was arrested for

possession of narcotic paraphernalia.

Authorities first noticed Failla with a gun in a driveway in the 2000

block of Orchid Street, said Newport Beach Police Sgt. Mike McDermott.

Failla saw the officers, ran into the home, locked the doors and tried to

escape through the back door, police said. Officers caught him in the

backyard.

Failla is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail and Cary is held in lieu of

$10,000 bail at Newport Beach Jail. Sanders and Shiver were booked at

Orange County Jail. All four will be arraigned Thursday at Harbor Justice

Center.

Authorities confiscated a few ounces of methamphetamine, scales and

packaging materials inside the Orchid Street home, police said.

In addition, police said Cary’s revolver was allegedly stolen during a

recent burglary. The tips of the bullets in the gun were filled with

mercury to make them poisonous, McDermott said.

In April, authorities arrested four other people at the same house for

narcotics offenses. During that bust, police uncovered four pounds of

methamphetamine and $54,000.