A man and woman suspected of being in possession of several varieties of drugs and multiple firearms in Blythe pleaded not guilty to felony charges Thursday.
Blythe residents Samuel Preston Scott, 63, and Melinda Wanda Scott, 47, were charged with two felony counts of possessing controlled substances for sale and one felony count each of distributing controlled substances into the state, possessing controlled substances while armed and maintaining a location for unlawful use of controlled substances according to court records. They are additionally charged with one misdemeanor count of transporting marijuana for sale.
The suspects additionally face multiple firearm sentence-enhancing allegations, according to court records. They pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied the allegations Thursday afternoon at the Blythe Courthouse.
During a narcotics sales investigation over the last several weeks, detectives received information that generated a search warrant for a residence in the 700 block of Michelle Street and searched it last Thursday, according to the Blythe Police Department.
“Detectives and Officers served the search warrant at that residence,” Blythe police officials wrote in a statement. “Detectives located about one pound of methamphetamine, 80 pills that contain fentanyl, 3/4 pound of psilocybin mushrooms, a large quantity of marijuana, five firearms, and other evidence related to narcotics sales.”
Samuel and Melinda Scott were subsequently arrested and remain behind bars on $75,000 bail bonds, according to inmate records. Samuel Scott was booked into Blythe Jail while Melinda Scott was booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio.
Anyone with additional information on the case was asked to call the Blythe Police Department at 760-922-6111 or Crime Stop anonymously at 760-921-2273 (CARE).