HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After a number of delays, the preliminary hearing for a Hutchinson man arrested on drug distribution charges back on Oct. 28, 2014, is again scheduled for Monday.
Jesse Aich recently turned down a plea, so the case is awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Aich is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package, possession of three other drugs, hydrocodone, oxycodone and morphine as well as a final count of personal use drug paraphernalia.
The case started with a search warrant served on his residence where he apparently lived in a basement bedroom. Inside that room, law enforcement allegedly found a baggie that contained a crystal substance, a baggie containing a powder substance, a digital scale with white residue, new packaging materials, used baggies with residue, two 100-count boxes of syringes, glass pipes with burnt residue they say was used to smoke meth, several types of pills and over a $1,000 in cash.
Aich is no stranger to law enforcement with convictions for criminal damage, burglary, domestic battery, forgery, drugs, obstruction, alcohol-related charges and theft. Some of the crimes occurred here, but others occurred in Kingman and Ford counties.
The hearing is again scheduled in front of Judge Joe McCarville.