Carson City man jailed for allegedly giving 14-year-old cocaine to hold

An 18-year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday on three felony drug charges including suspicion of furnishing cocaine to a 14-year-old girl following a traffic stop, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Chase Morse was stopped by a sheriff’s sergeant at 5:47 p.m. in the 2600 block of Fairview Drive after he clocked the driver going 57 mph in a 35 mph zone. The officer asked for a K9 unit to respond because of a smell of marijuana in the vehicle.

The K9 did an exterior sniff of the vehicle, where the dog alerted to the positive presence of drugs in the car. Inside the purse of the 14-year-old girl was approximately 10 grams of cocaine, five grams of marijuana and a marijuana pipe.

As the girl was being cuffed Morse told officers without prompting that the “Coke is mine. I gave it to her to hold,” the arrest report states. He was arrested and taken to an interview room where he was read his Miranda rights. He stated he understood his rights and wanted to speak. He stated that he and the other occupants of the vehicle had been hanging out at the lake for the day and smoking marijuana.

He said they were approached by an unknown male with a dog and asked if they wanted to trade marijuana for some cocaine. Morse said he agreed to the trade and provided the unknown male with approximately 14 grams of marijuana for the cocaine. He said after the trade the male left. He said he and his friends were getting ready to leave and so he asked the 14-year-old girl to place the cocaine, marijuana and pipe in her purse.

In jail, officers located $242 on Morse, who told officers earlier that he was unemployed. Based on the drug charges and him not having a job, the money was seized as proceeds from drug sales.

Morse faces the following felony charges: furnishing cocaine to a minor, cocaine trafficking 4 to 14 grams, possession of a controlled substance. He faces three misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Bail: $99,600.

In other arrests:

— A 21-year-old Carson City man, Ezekial Brenn O’Kelley, was arrested early Monday, 2:36 a.m. in the 1600 block of Airport Road on three felony warrant charges: burglary, forgery, and parole and probation violation. During intake into jail his backpack was searched where deputies found three small plastic baggies containing two prescriptions drugs, Tramadol and Promethazine Hydrochloride. He could not show proof he had a prescription for the drugs. Bail: $20,000 and a no bail hold until a court date is set for the parole and probation violation.

— A 34-year-old Carson City man, Christopher Bell, was arrested Aug. 15, 4 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Carson Street on a felony parole and probation charge and misdemeanor petit larceny. According to the arrest report, Bell was in custody of store security after he attempted to steal a pair of sunglasses. No bail hold for the parole and probation violation until a court date is set. Bail for the alleged larceny, $352.

— A 29-year-old Carson City woman, Amanda Suzanne Dickson, was arrested Aug. 15, 12:28 p.m. in the 4000 block of Quinn Drive on a felony charge of burglary. According to the arrest report, officers were called to the home, in which the owners were out of the country.

Deputies made entry and discovered the woman hiding under a roll of carpet, nude from the waist down. She appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance, was sweating profusely and her jaw was constantly moving, according to the arrest report.

The woman put on her pants and spoke with the officer. She said the balcony sliding door was unlocked and that’s how she made entry. She voluntarily stated “I have been here for three days. I did open dresser doors and other stuff but I did not steal anything.” She also stated she was homeless and thought the house to be vacant. Bail: $20,000.

— A 52-year-old Carson City woman, Lorri Ann Scanlon, was arrested Aug. 15, 7:52 a.m. in the 2200 block of Poole Way, on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal contempt. Officers were called to the location after a report of an argument. The woman is on Alternative sentencing with an obey all laws clause. The clause allowed for a search where methamphetamine and a meth pipe were found. Bail: $4,137.

— A 42-year-old South Lake Tahoe man, Patrick MacRoberts, was arrested Aug. 16, 10:43 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Carson Street on felony charges of methamphetamine for sale and possession, and four misdemeanor charges. According to the arrest report, the man was stopped for speeding by a Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team sergeant going 40 mph in a 25 mph zone and not having a working brake lamp.

The officer explained the reason for the stop. The man broke out into a sweat with beads of sweat dripping off of his forehead, the report states. As the officer explained that he had a drug sniffing dog, the man admitted to having a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle.

Other SET deputies arrived at the location. A check found that MacRoberts had a suspended driver’s license out of California. A K9 sniff of the vehicle was done where the dog “Ivo” detected a positive alert for drugs.

During the search, two baggies of marijuana and several “roaches” weighing a total of 13 grams were found, as well as a methamphetamine pipe, a marijuana grinder and an altered, modified can of Red Bull where inside officers found two individually wrapped packages of methamphetamine that were wrapped in different colored small bags.

The weight on one of the packages was .5 grams and the second package, .4 grams. The packaging in different colors with different weight is commonly done by drug dealers so they can distinguish between them while selling. Also in the vehicle deputies located cash thrown around in the front area of the vehicle in small amounts clumped together.
The man stated numerous times that if officers let him go with a citation he would “get the f*** out of town.”

He was booked on the following charges: Methamphetamine for sale, possession of methamphetamine, both felonies, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, basic speeding and not having a functioning stop lamp. Bail: $9,175.

— A 19-year-old Carson City woman, Teri Ann Riddle, was arrested Sunday in the 900 block of East 5th Street on a felony charge of probation violation, and misdemeanor obstructing a police officer. No bail hold for the parole and probation violation until a court date is set. Bail for obstruction: $407.

— A 30-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday, 5:26 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Carson Street on a felony charge of parole violation. No bail hold until a court date is set.

Those arrested and facing criminal charges are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.