Nearly 16 pounds of pot and just under 2 grams of methamphetamine the take in drug bust. A Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in the Alton area
observed a suspicious vehicle parked under the Van Duzen Bridge on the river access road.
Upon approaching the vehicle, deputies discovered two females inside. Both women had active
felony warrants for their arrest. During a search of the vehicle, deputies found the drugs.
Shala Hoeflich, 41, of Riverbank, CA, was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County
Correctional Facility on two felony warrants out of Mendocino County, in addition to fresh charges
of false identification to a peace officer, possession of concentrated cannabis and possession of
a controlled substance.
Laura Edeane Maez, 37, of Redway, was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County
Correctional Facility on a felony warrant out of Humboldt County for charges of elder abuse,
possession of a firearm within 10 years of conviction and theft from an elder. Maez was also
booked on fresh charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of over 28.5
grams marijuana.