(KWNO)-On Wednesday, November 16, at 11:40 a.m., investigators on the Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant and arrested two people on the 50 block of Benson Drive in Lewiston.
Janell Jean Peterson, 36, and Justin Thomas Mercer, 34, both of Lewiston, are awaiting court proceedings after they were arrested and charged yesterday when investigators from the Narcotics Task Force entered their home to execute a search warrant. During the search, narcotics investigators found a plastic container in a dresser containing a crystal-like substance. The substance was field tested and was positive for meth. Additional items were confiscated during the search.
Current charges include a gross misdemeanor for fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance, drugs stored, and methamphetamine paraphernalia in the presence of a child, a felony.
No one else was in the home at the time of the arrests; however, children do reside in the home.
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