Man arrested after allegedly being caught with 170 fake fentanyl pills

IDAHO FALLS – A 34-year-old man was arrested aft constabulary opportunity he was trying to postulation fentanyl successful Idaho Falls.

Curtis Dredge was charged pinch felony fentanyl trafficking and misdemeanor usage aliases possession pinch intent to usage supplier paraphernalia.

On Friday astir 7:44 p.m., an Idaho Falls Police serviceman noticed a golden Mazda Tribute without a licence sheet leaving a parking batch adjacent 316 South Woodruff Avenue.

According to tribunal documents, nan car had a insubstantial successful nan backmost window, but it was not a impermanent tag aliases a dealership impermanent registration, and nan penning was not visible.

The Mazda crossed 2 southbound recreation lanes to participate nan near turning lane to move eastbound onto John Adams Parkway, and nan serviceman initiated a postulation stop.

The driver identified himself arsenic Dredge and said nan car belonged to his friend. He told nan serviceman nan insubstantial successful nan model was a measure of sale.

The serviceman checked nan insubstantial and confirmed it was a handwritten measure of waste dated July 7. Dredge did not person a title aliases immoderate different archiving for nan car and said he would telephone his friend who owns nan car astir nan insurance.

Dredge admitted to nan serviceman that he was connected probation and allowed nan serviceman to hunt him for weapons. The serviceman says Dredge’s pockets were “full of items,” and Dredge handed him a brace of brass knuckles.

Once Dredge vanished emptying his pockets, nan serviceman patted complete them to make judge everything was retired and reportedly recovered a “tooter,” a straw utilized to inhale drugs.

Dredge was past detained and placed successful handcuffs. The serviceman past searched nan car, wherever they reportedly recovered a backpack pinch a “dab pen and dab instrumentality arsenic good arsenic respective scraping tools” wrong nan beforehand zip pouch.

Police reports opportunity they besides recovered different backpack pouch pinch a “plastic Zyn instrumentality afloat of mini information bluish (pills) pinch “M” stamped connected 1 broadside and “/30” stamped connected nan different side.

The serviceman writes successful nan study that they recognized these arsenic 170 counterfeit fentanyl pills, weighing 35.35 grams.

In nan aforesaid pocket, officers reportedly recovered six ample bundles of cash, totaling $5,990. Dredge was still holding his wallet, which, erstwhile counted, contained different $720.

Dredge was past arrested and booked into nan Bonneville County Jail connected a enslaved of $75,000. He is expected to look successful tribunal for a preliminary proceeding connected July 26.

If convicted, he could look up to 11 years successful prison.

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