Gun charge for truck driver

A truck driver who was arrested at the Pine Valley checkpoint has been charged with possessing a stolen Glock handgun.

Terrance Deandre Ellison, 40, of San Diego, pleaded not guilty Aug. 26 to charges of possession of a firearm by a felon and being a person pro­hibited to possess a firearm.

Additionally, Ellison has a separate case in U.S. District Court that alleges he possessed nine packages of methamphet­amine when he went through the Calexico Point of Entry on May 29.

Ellison apparently posted bond since he was free when he went through the Pine Val­ley checkpoint on Aug. 17. No drugs were found then, but Deputy District Attorney Da­vid Vallero said he has been convicted of four previous drug cases.

El Cajon Superior Court Judge Robert Amador set bail at $50,000 for Ellison, but jail records say he cannot be re­leased because of a federal hold stemming from the other case.

Ellison was indicted by a fed­eral grand jury recently and is charged with knowingly importing methamphetamine in a Dodge Journey vehicle. A narcotics dog alerted officers to the dashboard, where nine plastic packages of a substance believed to be meth were recov­ered.

The weight of the packages was 2.07 pounds, according to federal court records. A scale was found in his vehicle and Ellison told agents he used the scale to sell drugs.

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