Man charged after wrecking motorcycle on the way to allegedly deliver fentanyl

BLACKFOOT – A 26-year-old man was arrested aft he allegedly tried to evade constabulary connected a motorcycle and collapsed while trying to present drugs.

Austin Carmona was charged pinch felony possession of a controlled constituent pinch nan intent to deliver, felony possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor usage aliases possession pinch nan intent to use, and misdemeanor fleeing aliases attempting to elude a constabulary officer.

On Monday, astir 10:26 p.m., a Blackfoot Police serviceman was operating connected Wooton Way erstwhile he saw a motorcycle neglect to extremity astatine a extremity motion connected Highland Drive.

The rider turned near and westbound onto Wooton Way. The motorcycle was allegedly “weaving wrong nan lane of recreation and accelerated onto Wooton Way walking astatine astir 40 miles per location successful a posted 30 mile per hr zone,” according to tribunal documents.

The serviceman said nan motorcycle reached speeds up to 50 mph.

As nan serviceman tried to propulsion nan motorcycle over, nan rider allegedly reportedly sped up and drove into nan oncoming lane.

As nan motorcycle approached nan intersection of Lemon Street, nan rider tried to move near but drove disconnected nan roadway onto a gravel driveway astatine nan northeast area of Lemon Street and Wooton Way.

He was “unable to support traction and tipped, causing nan motorcycle and nan rider to extremity complete onto nan gravel area.”

The rider and motorcycle laic connected nan crushed until nan serviceman reached it. The rider, later identified arsenic Carmona, stood up, and aft being told by nan serviceman to dishonesty backmost down, laic connected nan crushed again.

Carmona was placed successful handcuffs, and nan serviceman searched him.

What constabulary opportunity they found

According to constabulary reports, nan serviceman recovered a wallet pinch rate wrong and a integrative instrumentality successful his beforehand pocket. Inside nan integrative instrumentality was a “plastic baggie pinch aggregate bluish information pills” that nan serviceman believed to beryllium fentanyl.

Later, nan serviceman counted 113 pills successful total.

Also successful Carmona’s beforehand pocket, nan serviceman recovered $100 successful cash.

According to tribunal documents, Carmona told nan serviceman he was expected to present nan pills to personification successful Fort Hall.

He past admitted he was expected to beryllium picking up 1,000 “dirty thirty” fentanyl pills that aforesaid night.

Carmona was past taken to nan Bingham County Jail and booked.

After further investigation into nan integrative instrumentality found, nan serviceman allegedly recovered 2.43 grams of methamphetamine. Inside nan wallet, nan serviceman recovered $879 successful cash.

Carmona was booked connected a $100,000 bond. He is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected June 6.

If convicted, he could look up to life successful prison.

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