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Wanted felon eludes arrest, follow-up leads to pot bust




 A 28-year-old Mariposa woman was arrested Sunday and charged with transportation and sale of marijuana following a deputy’s attempt to nab a wanted felon.
Laura Broyles was taken into custody when deputies located over three pounds of dried marijuana in the back seat of a car that Broyles was driving.
Events leading up to Broyles arrest began near the Bootjack Market when a Mariposa County deputy sheriff on routine patrol spotted James Allen-Diaz, a felon wanted on a no-bail parole hold, ...

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