Arvin sgt let accused drug-trafficking boyfriend borrow gun: docs
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Arvin police Sgt. Delia Reyes scoffed at the notion her boyfriend was a drug trafficker.
He sang in a band, she told authorities, adding she trusted him enough she let him borrow her gun, and kept her badge in his Mercedes-Benz, which she sometimes drove.
But Reyes’ confidence eroded when authorities informed her Arvin Police Department armored vests were located when they raided her boyfriend’s home earlier that day, according to recently released court documents that detail her arrest and questioning last year. Could Beltran have stolen them?
“I’m not going to say,” Reyes told investigators according to the documents. She stuttered, then said, “I don’t know who the f— he is now.”
Exactly what Reyes knew about Francisco Javier Beltran, and when she knew it, is up for debate. They’d been dating three years, she said, but he didn’t live with her.
In addition to denying knowledge of Beltran’s alleged drug-trafficking, Reyes also said no illegal items would be found inside her home.
When confronted with a plate found in her bedroom that contained cocaine residue, she said she used the drug a week or two ago, the documents say.
Reyes, 37, was charged in Superior Court last month with drug possession while armed with a loaded gun, a felony, and two misdemeanor drug offenses. Authorities said a usable amount of cocaine was found in the home.
Beltran is facing federal charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
During the course of the investigation, according to the complaint filed against Beltran, investigators seized 5 pounds of methamphetamine, 1 kilogram of heroin and 1,400 counterfeit hydrocodone pills containing fentanyl.
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A third person, DeAngelo Sanchez, has also been charged in connection to the searches local and federal authorities conducted on Nov. 8.
Sanchez, who rented a room from Reyes, immediately resigned from his job as a Bakersfield police officer after suspected steroids were found in his bedroom, police officials said. He’s charged with two misdemeanor drug offenses and has a pretrial conference scheduled in June.
According to the documents, authorities first went to Beltran’s home where they located two handguns and the vests. One gun belonged to Reyes, the filings say. The other was reported stolen.
They later went to Reyes’ home on Alta Peak Court and told her what they’d found. She denied giving Beltran the vests, and at first said he wouldn’t have taken them from her patrol vehicle, which she often brought home.
As the questioning continued, her defense of him wavered.
She admitted he hadn’t returned her gun after taking it to purportedly get measurements for the handgrip, according to the filings. She said she’d trusted him. She didn’t report the weapon stolen.
“I did not know he would screw me like this,” Reyes said according to the documents.
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In Sanchez’s bedroom, the filings say, authorities located a bag containing hypodermic needles, a plastic bottle containing pills labeled as anabolic steroids, a glass bottle of apparent injectable testosterone and a box labeled “human growth hormone” with 10 unused vials.
Contacted by phone, Sanchez told investigators he got the testosterone with a prescription from his primary doctor. Asked about the bottle of suspected steroid pills, he said they might be vitamins, according to the documents.
“I don’t know, I’ve had it for so long,” he told investigators. Soon after, he said he wanted an attorney and the call ended.
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