Probationer held at Pacifica traffic stop with cannabis, fentanyl and a handgun
Pacifica police stopped a 21-year-old El Granada man on Highway 1 near Crespi Drive before dawn on 16 October 2020 and found a loaded 9mm handgun, marijuana and fentanyl in his car. He was booked into the San Mateo County jail on weapons and drug charges, held without bail, and a woman in the car was released without charges.
🇺🇸 Highway 1 near Crespi Drive, Pacifica, San Mateo County, California · California, United States
Pacifica police pulled over a car on Highway 1 near Crespi Drive at about 1:20
a.m. on Friday 16 October 2020.[1]The driver, 21-year-old Dante Dalporto of
El Granada, was on probation with a search and seizure clause, which allowed
officers to search the car.[1]Bay City News reported that police stopped the
car for speeding.[2]Dalporto told the officer he had drugs and a gun in the
car, police said.[1]
The search found a loaded 9mm handgun, ammunition, marijuana, fentanyl and drug
paraphernalia.[2]Police described the amount of marijuana as a “large
quantity” and also found items used to prepare drugs for sale.[1]The handgun
had been stolen in a residential burglary in another county, investigators said.[1]
Because he is a convicted felon, Dalporto was booked into the San Mateo County
jail on weapons charges, including possessing a firearm and ammunition as a
prohibited person and carrying a concealed firearm, and on drug charges
including possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a loaded firearm
while possessing a controlled substance.[1]Bay City News listed one of the
charges against him as possession of cannabis for sale.[2]A 21-year-old woman
in the car with him was briefly detained and released without any charges.[2]According to jail records, Dalporto was held without bail and was expected in
court on the Monday afternoon after his arrest.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Released
1
Agency
Pacifica Police Department
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Vehicle
Charges
possessing a firearm and ammunition as a prohibited person; carrying a concealed firearm; possession of cannabis for sale; possession of drug paraphernalia; possession of a controlled substance; possession of a loaded firearm while possessing a controlled substance
Case stage
Charged
Force
No force reported
Region
California
Sources
CBS News San Franciscocbsnews.comPacifica Police: Man On Probation Arrested After Handgun, Marijuana, Fentanyl Found In Traffic Stop
Neither account gives a weight or value for the marijuana, which police described only as a "large quantity"; no cannabis weight is recorded.
The marijuana and fentanyl are reported together, so the amounts cannot be separated and the fentanyl component is excluded from the figures.
Bay City News also reports that the stolen handgun had been used in a robbery in another county, while CBS says only that it was stolen in a burglary; the robbery detail is left out of the text.
The CBS account does not list a possession-for-sale charge, while Bay City News does; both sets of charges are reported here.
No outcome of the Monday court appearance, plea or sentence was found in the opened accounts.
A man was arrested at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in Texas after a K-9 alert led to the discovery of marijuana and three firearms, one reported stolen. The driver, held on an active warrant, was turned over to local authorities for extradition.
Passenger Jamaal Parker was arrested on November 10, 2026, after a wrong-way vehicle pursuit ended in a crash in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sheriff's deputies reported finding 4 pounds (1.81 kilograms) of concentrated marijuana (THC) valued at over $13,000 and two loaded handguns in his backpack.
Patrick Wayne Gaylor, 40, was arrested on Maple Avenue near East 6th Street in Rome, Georgia, after police stopped his vehicle over an improperly restrained five-year-old child and found marijuana. He was charged with marijuana possession, a child safety restraint violation, and a parole violation.
Palo Alto County sheriff's deputies arrested 37-year-old Baley Dietrich and 18-year-old Landen Dietrich, both of Graettinger, after a disturbance call on the morning of 9 November 2026. Both were charged with first-offense marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia and were booked into the Palo Alto County Jail to await initial appearances.
