BUTTONWILLOW, Calif. (KGET) -- Kern County Probation Department officers arrested a man Wednesday under suspicion of methamphetamine sales. Harvey Watkins, 49, was arrested Jan. 8 after officers in the Post Release Community Supervision Unit searched a home in the 34000 block of Stockdale Highway and discovered 4.5 ounces of suspected methamphetamine. Man, 61, arrested in deadly hit-and-run on Buck Owens Blvd Multiple digital scales, cash and drug paraphernalia was also found, according to officials. Never miss a story: Make KGET.com your homepage Watkins was arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sales, and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia. The probation department also says Watson was charged with possession of drugs with two prior convictions under Proposition 36.