21-year-old arrested for fentanyl trafficking after Blackfoot car crash

BLACKFOOT — A 21-year-old Idaho Falls man was arrested aft constabulary opportunity they recovered grounds he was trying to postulation fentanyl during an investigation into a car crash.

Jesus Camacho Ramirez was charged pinch felony fentanyl trafficking, felony possession of a controlled substance, and a felony enhancement for being a persistent violator.

On Aug. 10, tribunal documents show an serviceman pinch nan Blackfoot Police Department responded to nan area of nan I-15 93 speech to assistance a Bingham County Sheriff’s Deputy pinch a car crash.

The serviceman arrived astatine nan scene, took photos of nan crash, gave nan occupants of a Tan Chevy Avalanche a lawsuit number, and told them they could leave.

Officers identified nan different car’s driver, a achromatic Dodge Ram without licence plates, arsenic Fernando Rivera, who had an outstanding warrant for his apprehension retired of Idaho Falls.

Rivera was handcuffed and put successful nan backmost of a constabulary car.

There were 2 passengers successful nan Chevy, 1 of which was identified arsenic Camacho Ramirez.

A K9 serviceman was called to nan segment and performed a free-air sniff connected nan Chevy.

Another serviceman performed a hunt of nan wrong of nan car, wherever they reportedly recovered a stolen firearm. The 2 passengers were patted down, and officers allegedly recovered a container successful Camacho Ramirez’s pocket.

Inside nan container was a “large amount of small, round, bluish pills pinch nan number 30 inscribed connected them,” identified arsenic “dirty thirty’s” aliases fentanyl.

Camacho Ramirez was handcuffed and put successful a constabulary car.

While doing so, he reportedly claimed nan pants he was wearing did not beryllium to him but were owned by nan different passenger. He stated he was wearing them because his pants had gotten wet.

Officers asked Camacho Ramirez to region nan remainder of nan items successful his pockets. He gave officers “several sets of keys, his wallet containing his ID card, and $325 successful cash.”

According to tribunal documents, officers besides recovered a “bindle baggie containing 15 pills pinch an identical quality to nan ones successful nan (first bag)” successful Camacho Ramirez’ rear near pocket.

Camacho Ramirez was taken to nan Bingham County Jail. According to constabulary reports, Camancho became upset while driving to nan jail. He “was kicking nan cage successful beforehand of him, and was slamming his caput and enarthrosis into nan plexiglass divider” successful nan backseat of nan constabulary car.

Once astatine nan jail, officers opportunity they recovered different “small bindle baggie pinch a white, crystallized substance,” which they recognized arsenic methamphetamine, successful nan set of Camacho Ramirez’s hat.

Camacho Ramirez was booked into nan Bingham County Jail connected a $150,000 bond. He is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected Aug. 22.

If convicted, Camacho Ramirez could look up to life successful prison.

Though Camacho Ramirez has been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.