Three people arrested on numerous drug charges back in April after a traffic stop in the 700 block of West 2nd are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Thursday.
Arrested on charges of two counts of distribution of drugs, criminal use of a weapons, possession of drug paraphernalia and no tax stamp was 28-year-old Jessica Whittier of Hutchinson. Also arrested for possession of K-2 or synthetic marijuana was 34-year-old Dominic Vargas. And Robert Vigil was arrested on two warrants, but also charged with possession of drugs.
The case starts when Sheriff Deputy Corey Graber stopped a white Camery at 2nd & Whiteside for failing to signal. When he made contact, he could see open containers of beer. Whittier who was driving told the deputy that she had rented the car and moved her stuff into it and that’s why the open case of beer was there.
The deputy discovered that Vigil who was in the back seat had two warrants for failing to appear and when taken out of the back seat, the deputy alleges he saw a bag of meth which he says weighed 11-grams. Whittier and Vargas then got out of the car so the deputy could collect the meth and the beer. He says he could then smell marijuana. He then allegedly found some oxycodone in Whittier’s purse and glass pipe with residue. He also allegedly found a back pack where he found more meth, about 90-grams, 34-grams of marijuana, nine types of different prescription pills, a loaded 9 mm handgun, brass knuckles, six different kinds of baggies, a digital scale, 5-cell phones, K-2 or synthetic marijuana, 683-dollars in cash and 5-gift cards.
Vargas had some K-2, and when booked into the jail had 954-dollars on him. He also found several books with owe sheets in them.
The hearing is scheduled in front of Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen.