Sean Stringfellow

A four-legged cop working for the Amador County Sheriff's Office helped send Sean Strigfellow to jail on Monday for alleged possession of methamphetamine, pharmaceuticals pills and a full pound of marijuana.

The arrest happened after a sheriff's deputy pulled Stringfellow over in Plymouth for a vehicle code violation. Approaching Stringfellow's 1991 Trans Am, the deputy caught a strong whiff of marijuana odor emitting from the window. Twenty-eight-year-old Stringfellow was alone in the car.

The deputy then turned to his canine partner to sniff around the vehicle. The dog quickly alerted him that there was probable cause to search it. Discovering various illegal drugs, including more than 20 grams of meth hidden in a pair of socks, sheriff's deputies took Stringfellow into custody.

The Amador County Combined Narcotics Enforcement Team soon obtained a search warrant for Stringfellow's house in River Pines. What they found appeared to be a full-scale operation for selling large quantities of high-grade opiates, methamphetamine and marijuana. In total, Stringfellow owned various equipment designed for the production, sales and transportation of illegal drugs, as well as 22.9 grams of methamphetamine, 53 Vicodin pills, 506 grams of marijuana and $6,222 in cash.

Stringfellow was booked into the Amador County Jail on seven felony charges.