Jonesboro, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – Two Blytheville men are facing multiple felony charges after police said an attempt to serve a warrant resulted in the discovery of more than 600 grams of suspected marijuana, over $2,000 in cash, and a loaded firearm in Jonesboro.
On Nov. 5, investigators with the Jonesboro Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit and the East Arkansas Fugitive Task Force went to an apartment in the 300 block of Drake Street to find 19-year-old Kiree Devon Carter on a felony warrant.
According to an affidavit, when agents knocked on the front door, 20-year-old Demarion Kyrun Wells ran out the back windows with a backpack. After throwing it over a privacy fence, a K9 apprehended Wells, and he was taken into custody.
In the backpack, officers found 589 grams of suspected marijuana in two clear bags. Carter soon opened the front door and surrendered. He was also taken into custody.
Police said the apartment smelled strongly of marijuana, noting Wells did not have a valid medical card. A search warrant was executed at the home, with officers finding the following:
- 26.8 grams of moon rocks
- Nearly five grams of marijuana
- A pistol with one round loaded in the chamber and 21 more rounds in the magazine
- Another magazine loaded with 17 rounds and a box of ammo containing 29 rounds
- A digital scale
- A box of clear baggies
- A cup of marijuana reside and two rolling trays
- 1.35 grams of marijuana blunts
- $2,625 in cash
- A marijuana grinder
During a Mirandized interview, Carter said he had been staying at the apartment the last few days.
Both Wells and Carter appeared before District Judge Tommy Fowler Nov. 7.
He found probable cause to charge Wells with simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, tampering with physical evidence, offenses relating to records maintaining premises, possession of drug paraphernalia, and fleeing. He was given a $175,000 cash/surety bond and ordered to wear a GPS ankle monitor upon release.
Meanwhile, Carter faces charges of simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, offenses relating to records, maintaining premises, possession of a firearm by certain persons (prior felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Court documents show that Carter also faces multiple charges in another case after he was accused of hitting a victim multiple times in the head, pointing a handgun at her, and choking her. For both cases, and with Fowler noting that this is Carter’s second possession charge in four months, he is being held on a $350,000 cash/surety bond.
Both men are scheduled to be back in court on Dec. 16.
