Man found with hundreds of fentanyl pills, cocaine, firearms in Salt Lake City, police say
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A man is facing felony charges after police allegedly found hundreds of fentanyl pills, cocaine, and several firearms from a car they stopped for traffic violations.
Aumhil Kennidy Stewart, 21, was arrested Thursday on two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, a second-degree felony; purchase, transfer, possess, and use of a firearm by a restricted person, a third-degree felony; and possession of controlled substance marijuana/spice, a class B misdemeanor, the Salt Lake City Police Department said.
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On Thursday, March 14, a Salt Lake City police officer said he initiated a traffic stop on a car that stopped past a clearly marked stop line and into a crosswalk before making a wide right turn into an incorrect lane.
The officer talked to the car’s occupants and said that while he was issuing the citation, he was notified by different officers that there was marijuana on the passenger’s phone screen, the affidavit states. That officer said he was also informed that both people in the car admitted to smoking earlier in the day.
The people in the car were reportedly asked to step out and officers said they saw suspected cocaine on the floor on the driver’s side. Officers searched the vehicle and found a bag of hundreds of suspected fentanyl pills, as well as a bag containing a “significant amount” of cocaine, a bag containing a “green plant-like substance,” and two firearms, the affidavit states.
Officers said one of the firearms was a Hi-Point long gun and the other a Glock 45 handgun with a loaded magazine and a round in the chamber.
The passenger, identified as Stewart, was also found in possession of a large sum of cash “in multiple bundles in multiple denominations,” the affidavit states.
Officers interviewed Stewart, and he allegedly admitted the Glock 45 was his, but said he did not know about the Hi-Point, the affidavit states. Stewart also reportedly mentioned the narcotics were taken from a known drug house and that he was planning on turning them over to law enforcement the following day.
Stewart told officers the narcotics did not belong to the driver and that he had placed them under the driver’s seat when they left the house, the affidavit states.
The officer said in the affidavit that the amount of narcotics and cash were consistent with amounts for distribution.
Stewart was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on the previously mentioned charges.
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