Man accused of dealing drugs tried to travel to Utah to buy fentanyl, says Pocatello Police

POCATELLO — A 41-year-old man was arrested aft he allegedly sold narcotics from his location successful Pocatello.

Tyler Peterson was charged pinch felony transportation of a controlled substance, 2 counts of felony possession of a controlled constituent and misdemeanor usage aliases possession of supplier paraphernalia.

A Pocatello Police detective received a supplier extremity connected June 9 regarding Peterson, stating he was trading methamphetamine and fentanyl pills retired of his location connected nan 1700 artifact of West Quinn Road, according to tribunal documents.

Police organized a controlled acquisition pinch a confidential informant successful Chubbuck, wherever they were allegedly capable to bargain 18 fentanyl pills from Peterson.

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On Aug. 26, Idaho State Police detectives were granted a hunt warrant for Peterson’s White Acura ILX. Around 4:45 a.m. nan aforesaid day, they conducted a postulation extremity connected Peterson, who was driving pinch a passenger. Both were detained.

Inside nan car, detectives allegedly recovered supplier paraphernalia, including tin foil pinch a achromatic burnt residue, a residue magnitude of a “crystal-like substance,” and “five bluish M30 fentanyl pills.”

The substances were later tested and came backmost presumptive affirmative for methamphetamine and fentanyl.

During an question and reply pinch detectives, Peterson allegedly said he “would fume anyplace betwixt 50-100 pills daily.” He besides admitted that he had been driving to Salt Lake City, to bargain narcotics but that “his travel was not successful since he sewage pulled over,” constabulary said.

Peterson allegedly said he had antecedently tried to bargain fentanyl from a root successful Salt Lake City, but sewage “ripped off.”

When asked wherever Peterson sewage nan pills he had successful his car, he said he “found it successful a dumpster” and “knew amended to make different travel since he was astatine a breaking point,” according to police.

Peterson was past transported to nan Bannock County Jail and booked connected a enslaved of $25,000. He is expected to look successful tribunal for a preliminary proceeding connected Sept. 3.

If convicted, he could look up to 18 years successful prison.

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