Carson City arrests: 2 held for alleged trafficking, conspiracy after meth and heroin found
Two men were arrested Wednesday on multiple drug charges including trafficking and conspiracy, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team report.
Arrested at a South Carson Street motel were Nicholas Tyler Whitton, 24, and Jeremiah Thomas Kelley, 37.
Whitton was arrested for suspicion of trafficking a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance (heroin), conspiracy to violation the uniform controlled substance act, possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia and a misdemeanor violation of suspended sentence warrant.
Kelley was arrested for suspicion of trafficking a controlled substance, conspiracy to violation the uniform controlled substance act, possession of a controlled substance (heroin) and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the arrest report, the Carson City Sheriff's SET received information that Whitton, who had an active arrest warrant, was actively selling methamphetamine, heroin and prescription pills inside a motel room.
The investigation led to a search warrant of the motel room, where Whitton was located and handcuffed. Inside the room officers observed drug paraphernalia. Deputies conducted the search of the room, and Whitton was advised of his Miranda rights, in which he stated he understood and agreed to speak. He told officers there would be less than a gram of heroin and methamphetamine in the room. He denied selling drugs to anyone.
Deputies searched the room and located the following items:
— A loaded hypodermic needle
— multiple pieces of foil with heroin residue
— multiple spoons with heroin residue
— baggie of methamphetamine with 4.2 grams of methamphetamine
— 3 baggies totaling 1.5 grams of methamphetamine. The report notes this type of packaging is common in the sale of drugs.
While searching the room, suspect Jeremiah Kelley approached the door and was met by deputies inside the room. The report states Kelley's name had been brought up as part of the investigation and linked to heroin sales.
He was asked why he was at Whitton's room. Kelley said he was bringing him a hoverboard. (A hoverboard was not in his possession.) A knife was identified in his pocket and he was detained, dropping a backpack he was carrying, to the ground. After interviewing him, he was arrested for drug possession charges after a baggie of heroin, which weighed 4.5 grams, was found in his pocket, the arrest report states.
The suspect advised he was at the motel room to obtain "clear" a street term for methamphetamine, from Whitton, according to the arrest report. Kelley also admitted he tells people where to obtain heroin and would often facilitate the sale of heroin with Whitton, the report states. A canine conducted a free air search of the backpack Kelley had and alerted positive.
SET required a telephonic search warrant of the backpack. The warrant was granted through a Carson City judge. Inside the backpack there were multiple hypodermic syringes, a digital scale, Q-tips, and a spoon with burn marks on it, commonly used for heroin injection.
Whitton was placed under arrest for controlled substance trafficking, conspiracy to violation the uniform controlled substance act, 2 counts of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine and heroin) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail: $23,000
Kelley was placed under arrest for controlled substance trafficking, conspiracy to violation the uniform controlled substance act, possession of a controlled substance (heroin) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail: $21,000.
In other arrests:
— A 33-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for misdemeanor violation of suspended sentence warrant. Bail: $3,000.
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