Two arrested for allegedly trying to traffic drugs in elementary school parking lot

IDAHO FALLS – Two men were arrested aft constabulary reportedly recovered them trying to postulation narcotics successful a section simple schoolhouse parking lot.

Ryler Kenneth Jensen was charged pinch felony supplier trafficking methamphetamine aliases amphetamine and misdemeanor usage aliases possession pinch intent to usage supplier paraphernalia.

Joshua Burnside was charged pinch felony possession of a controlled constituent and misdemeanor usage aliases possession pinch intent to usage supplier paraphernalia.

According to tribunal documents, connected July 6, astir 10:50 p.m., aggregate detectives were surveilling a location connected nan 200 artifact of Placer Avenue.

A sergeant pinch nan Idaho Falls Police Department had obtained a hunt warrant for nan location owed to suspected supplier income by a man who lived astatine nan home, identified arsenic Burnside.

A detective yet noticed a man, later identified arsenic Jensen, stepping to nan location from Pine Street and stopping successful beforehand of nan house. Burnside was not seen leaving nan home, but his vehicle, a tan GMC Envoy pinch nary licence plate, picked up Jensen from nan beforehand of nan home.

The GMC past near nan area and parked successful nan Hawthorne Elementary School parking lot. The car turned its headlights disconnected but kept running.

Burnside and Jensen were sitting successful nan car erstwhile nan sergeant arrived astatine nan segment and approached nan GMC. Jensen reportedly told nan sergeant that Burnside was giving him a thrust to an electrical Bird scooter successful nan area. Officers were not capable to find a vertebrate scooter successful nan area.

According to constabulary reports, officers knew that “Burnside has a agelong supplier history” and opportunity nan actions of driving to nan parking batch were “consistent pinch a supplier sale.”

Another serviceman arrived and detained Jensen. During a hunt of him and his property, nan serviceman reportedly recovered “a ample magnitude of suspected methamphetamine, baggies, (a) scale, and syringes” successful Jensen’s backpack.

The narcotics later tested affirmative for methamphetamine and weighed 212 grams. Jensen and Burnside were some arrested and booked into nan Bonneville County Jail.

Jensen was booked connected a bail of $50,000, and Burnside was booked connected a bail of $20,000.

Both are expected to look for their preliminary hearings connected July 19. If convicted, Jensen could look up to life successful prison, and Burnside could look up to 8 years successful prison.

Though Jensen and Burnside person been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean they committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.