FERNDALE, Wash. — A traffic stop in Ferndale over the weekend ended with a man behind bars.
At about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Whatcom County Sheriff’s Deputies stopped 37-year-old Shawn Sivo in the 3100 block of Brown Road after he committed multiple traffic violations.
A Sheriff’s Office narcotics K9 alerted to the vehicle and it was seized for a search warrant, at which point Deputies found a loaded gun and nearly 40 grams of methamphetamine.
He was booked on charges for drug possession and unlawful possession of a firearm with prior felony convictions for serious offenses.