Overview
- A rideshare driver in the Union Square/Turk Street area flagged down San Francisco police on Sunday after finding a backpack in the back seat that contained suspected methamphetamine.
- Officers searched the bag and recovered roughly 355.7 grams of suspected meth, an amount that media outlets translated into varying street-value estimates.
- Police worked with the driver to set up a return of the backpack at a motel, where they identified and arrested 41-year-old Jessie Ottman-Combs of Sacramento.
- Investigators searched the motel room and seized two cellphones, two tablets and drug paraphernalia, and Ottman-Combs was booked on suspicion of possession, transportation or sale of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
- The San Francisco Police Department says the investigation is active, and the case will move through processing and court action as officers seek additional leads and evidence; the incident highlights ongoing enforcement challenges in the Tenderloin and nearby neighborhoods.