miércoles, 30 de octubre de 2013

Four arrested in drug investigation - Rapid City Journal

A series of search warrants has led to the arrest of two individuals in Chadron and an investigation in Sidney in the suspected use of LSD, psilocybin mushrooms and Ecstasy.

According to a Chadron Police Department press release, a 17-year –old male from Scottsbluff and Brody Gramberg, 18, of Chadron have been arrested on charges of delivery of an exceptionally hazardous controlled substance (LSD), two counts of possession of an exceptionally hazardous controlled substance (LSD and MDMA - popularly known as Ecstasy or Molly) and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.

Both are being held at the Dawes County Jail on $50,000 bonds. They must post 10 percent in cash in order to bond out. The investigation led police to believe the drugs involved in the case came from a man in Sidney, and authorities there arrested Jennifer Cartwright, 31, and Walter Fischer, 30, Thursday.

The case began with a report of a missing juvenile call Oct. 21. Police logs indicate a missing person/juvenile call came in from the 200 block of West Fourth Street when the reporting party requested to speak with an officer at 12:48 a.m. The case took the police to a residence in the 100 block of Maple Street, and officers were able to locate the missing juvenile. However, while at the residence they smelled what they believed to be marijuana.

The juvenile was taken to the Chadron Community Hospital and treated for LSD toxicity. He was later released, but law enforcement served a search warrant on the Maple Street address and seized less than one ounce of marijuana, what is suspected to be psilocybin mushrooms and an unknown white powdery substance. Drug paraphernalia, including a scale and packaging materials consistent with the use and transportation of LSD, was also seized.

From those search warrants, police and the WING task force arranged the purchase of 10 hits of LSD from two suspects, allegedly Gramberg and the 17-year-old Scottsbluff juvenile male, on Wednesday. Three more search warrants were served on a Ford Explorer belonging to the 17-year-old, a Dodge Durango belonging to Gramberg and on an apartment in Chadron.

"Investigators found more suspected LSD and MDMA and a marijuana pipe in the Ford Explorer and marijuana, less than an ounce, as well as marijuana pipes and paraphernalia in the Durango," said Nebraska State Patrol Sergeant Dana Korell, who serves as the WING task force commander.

The case has also led law enforcement to Sidney for investigative purposes. Korell said Cartwright and Fischer were located in a camper in an outbuilding on the property police searched. Police seized a small box containing a digital scale and a methamphetamine pipe. Both individuals denied knowledge of the items.

"We will continue our investigation and suspect that there will be subsequent arrests in the coming weeks. Chadron has been an interesting area for our task force from the standpoint that it seems to be the only area in the Panhandle that we commonly see LSD and psilocybin mushrooms consistently."

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is a powerful psychedelic drug that can alter thinking processes and can produce anxiety, paranoia and delusions. Psilocybin mushrooms are psychedelic mushrooms that can also produce shifts in perception. Ecstasy or Molly can cause euphoria, diminished anxiety and mild psychedelic effects.

"All three of these drugs are extremely dangerous and these types of investigations and arrests are significant from a standpoint of impacting the use and availability of these exceptionally hazardous drugs in our communities," Korell said.

Psilocybin mushrooms played a role in the 2008 murder of Chadron State College student Kenneth Pfeiffer Jr., by his roommate and fellow CSC student Joseph Hotz. Both men had apparently been using marijuana and mushrooms when Hotz stabbed Pfeiffer more than 50 times after experiencing hallucinations from the drugs.

Hotz's bid for a not guilty plea by reason of insanity failed, and he is currently serving time in the Nebraska Department of Corrections for second degree murder and other charges.

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