Crime & Safety

Two Arrested for Dealing Cocaine

On top of drug charges, David Hoopai was charged with being a felon and having a stun gun.

After complaints about drug sales, Santa Cruz Police did a probation search at a house on the 200 block of Button Street Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and found two people with 7.7 grams of crack and powder cocaine.

David Hoopai, 44 and Laurie Williams, 50, were arrested on suspicion of possession and sales of drugs. Hoopai, a convicted felon, also reportedly had a stun gun.

Both were on probation for drug sales and both were booked into Santa Cruz County Jail.

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