Full Notification

DATE/TIME: Sunday, February 9, 2025 / 10:15 a.m.

INCIDENT: HS 11395(b)(1) – Possession of a Controlled Substance with Prior Convictions

LOCATION: 20400 block of Majestic Drive, Apple Valley

SUSPECT(S): Richard Allen Eadie, 65-year-old male of Apple Valley


SUMMARY: On November 5, 2024, California voters passed Proposition 36 titled “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act.” The proposition took effect on December 18, 2024, and reforms multiple laws from Proposition 47, which have been responsible for increasing homelessness, drug addiction and theft. Proposition 36 includes several new Penal and Health and Safety Codes that deputies will be able to apply during arrests when appropriate. These new charges can carry enhanced sentencing, as well as prevent offenders from being cite released prior to their court appearance. The following is an arrest where Proposition 36 is applied:

On Sunday, February 9, 2025, deputies were dispatched to a welfare check at a residence in the 20400 block of Majestic Drive when neighbors reported a male subject in the front yard screaming for help.
Deputy A. Trousas and G. Gregory responded to the residence and found the male subject in the front yard yelling that someone had burglarized his residence. Deputies entered the residence to conduct a check for possible burglars. Deputies contacted subjects inside the residence, and it was determined they lived at the residence. One subject, Richard Allen Eadie, was found to have an outstanding parole warrant and was detained. As deputies continued to check the residence, illegal narcotics were observed. 

Deputy Trousas obtained a search warrant for the residence and recovered the illegal narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia. Richard Allen Eadie was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with prior convictions and was booked into High Desert Detention Center.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, Victorville District Attorney’s Office filed felony charges of possession of a controlled substance with prior convictions. Eadie remains in custody in lieu of $30,000 bail. Eadie is also being held without bail on a post release community supervision hold.

Anyone with any information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy A. Trousas with Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station at (760) 240-7400 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com. 
 
Refer: Pamela Hoffman 
 
Station: Apple Valley  
 
Phone No: (760) 240-7428 
 
Case No. 182500723
 
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner