A Rialto man was jailed Wednesday in connection to a weekend drug arrest at a Pomona motel, jail records and police reports indicated.
Officers arrested the 59-year-old man at the Lemon Tree Motel, 1700 Gillette Road, on Sunday, after he was allegedly was carrying about two ounces of methamphetamine that had a street value of approximately $5,000, police said.
Officers sent to the motel at 7:17 a.m. also found a digital scale and "packaging material consistent with sales of methamphetamine," according to a department statement.
Police were sent to the motel after receiving several complaints about narcotics and prostitution at the motel, according to the statement.
"Officers learned of a subject staying in one of the rooms (who) had outstanding warrants," according to the statement.
Jay Charter, a resident of Rialto, was later arrested with the drugs inside his motel room.
Jail records indicated that Charter was being held on $50,000 bail.
-- City News Service contributed to this report.
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