Cheyenne Man Facing Drug Charges Following Traffic Stop
UPDATE #2:
According to court records, Hurtado's Sept. 26 preliminary hearing was continued and reset for Oct. 23, at which time the case was dismissed.
On Nov. 8, the exact same charges were refiled, and the case was bound over to District Court, but it was dismissed on March 15 because it was to be handled in Circuit Court.
The case came back down to Circuit Court as two misdemeanor charges -- possession of a controlled substance in powder or crystalline form and possession of a controlled substance in plant form -- and Hurtado pleaded guilty to the charges on March 13.
UPDATE:
Hurtado made his initial appearance in Laramie County Circuit Court Wednesday morning on charges of felony possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl and misdemeanor possession of LSD and marijuana.
His bond was set at $5,000 cash and his preliminary hearing was scheduled for next Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 3:30 p.m.
Original story:
A 40-year-old Cheyenne man is facing drug charges following a traffic stop in north central Cheyenne.
According to a booking sheet, a police officer stopped Everett Hurtado near the intersection of Campbell Avenue and East 17th Street around 1:15 Tuesday morning, Sept. 19, and smelled the odor of marijuana in Hurtado's vehicle.
K-9 Pavel was deployed and alerted on the vehicle.
A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed 14.6 grams of suspected methamphetamine, one suspected LSD tablet, 2.6 grams of suspected fentanyl in pink powder form, and two suspected marijuana roaches.
Hurtado was arrested and booked into the Laramie County Detention Center for felony possession of methamphetamine, and misdemeanor possession of LSD, fentanyl, and marijuana.