Two people were arrested Thursday after drugs were found in their possession. According to a Sheriff’s report, a deputy stopped a car for expired registration tags shortly before midnight Thursday near Pawnee and Sunland in Yucca Valley. The driver, Brittany Rice, 22, of Yucca Valley, was on felony probation and also had a felony warrant out for her arrest. The deputy’s report states that a large plastic baggie containing several smaller bags containing about 20 Xanax pills were found between the driver and passenger seat. Brittany Rice was arrested for investigation of unlawful sale of methamphetamine and on her no-bail warrant, booked at the West Valley Detention Center, with her bail set at $50,000. The passenger, 52-year-old Robert Montenegro of Victorville, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. At the jail, methamphetamine was discovered on Montenegro. He was booked with his total bail set at $75,000.
