Law enforcement efforts involving the Tri-Net Task Force and the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team led to the arrests of three men after large quantities of drugs — including a pound of methamphetamine, 30 Fentanyl pills, hallucinogenic mushrooms, heroin and 1.74 pounds of marijuana — were discovered as well as illegal firearms.
The two agencies conducted an operation on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, to apprehend Kenneth Anderson, 46, who had eluded law enforcement officials for more than three years, according to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.
Anderson had three felony warrants for multiple charges of controlled substance possession and trafficking of large amounts of controlled substances and one misdemeanor warrant from three separate counties in the northern Nevada region. The bail amounts for all of the warrants was more than $1 million.
According to CCSO, Anderson and his passenger, Joseph Desjardins, 39, drove to a local auto parts store Thursday. The two entered the store and, upon exiting, were encountered by the Tri-NET Task Force and the Special Enforcement Team, where they were both were taken into custody, according to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.
A search of their vehicle resulted in the discovery of a large cache of various controlled substances and illegal firearms: One unserialized rifle, one unserialized handgun, also known as “ghost guns,” and one other rifle with an equipped silencer without a permit. 467 rifle rounds of ammunition, 430 grams of methamphetamine, 24 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms, 34 grams of M30 fentanyl pills, 2 grams of heroin, 790 grams of marijuana, a large amount of cash in various denominations, and a variety of drug paraphernalia.
Multiple stolen Nevada State and California State driver’s licenses and bank cards of other victims were recovered. Additionally, Anderson had three fake identifications and social security cards to match.
Before Anderson and and Desjardins arrest, the two were seen leaving the residence of an associate, Jess Fields, 57, in the northwest region of Carson City. Jess had an arrest warrant out of the Carson City Justice Court for receiving stolen property from a previous unrelated investigation, according to CCSO.
The Special Weapons and Tactics Team conducted arrest warrant service on Fields’ residence and apprehended him without incident. A search warrant was served on the home, which recovered two more handguns, one being another ghost gun, and an additional approximately 27 grams of methamphetamine, according to CCSO.
Kenneth Anderson, Joseph Desjardins, and Jess Fields were booked into the Carson City Jail for drug trafficking, drug possession, and ex-felon possessing firearms-related charges, among others.
The net street price of the illicit drugs recovered is approximately $27,400.
