Eight arrested following police drug raid
Eight people were arrested on multiple felony drug-related charges early Thursday morning following a raid on a local residence by officers of the Hot Springs Police Department’s Special Investigations Narcotics Unit.
The eight were charged with felony counts of possession of meth with purpose to deliver and unauthorized use of another person’s property to facilitate a crime, each punishable by up to 20 years in prison, and possession of drug paraphernalia, punishable by up to six years, and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The officers, with the assistance of the department’s SWAT team, executed a search warrant at the residence, located at 111 Webb Lane off Molly Springs Road, shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday.
Two of the people were who arrested, Paul Marcel Constancio, 36, and Christine Deann Rodriguez, 32, both listed as residents of the home, were located inside an unlicensed 1997 Cadillac Deville in the driveway. A third listed resident, Christopher Ashton Dempsey, 31, was found in a bedroom inside the home.
Also arrested were Ovell Dmale Clemons, 48, who lists a Spring Street address, and Krystin Nichole Boring, 27, who lists a Wilderness Lane address, who were both found in the living room of the home; David Scott Boring, 48, who lists an Arkadelphia address, who was found in the kitchen; and Amanda Faye Gaston, 29, who lists a Royal address, and Desirea Nichole Rogers, 28, who lists a Pearcy address, who were both found in a bedroom.
Dempsey, who had a warrant for failure to appear, and Constancio, who had a parole hold, were being held on zero bond. Rodriguez, Krystin Boring, David Boring and Gaston were each being held on $13,500 bond
while Clemons and Rogers were being held on $14,500 bond because Clemons had an additional misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, and Rogers had a warrant for failure to appear.
Constancio, Rodriguez, Dempsey, Clemons, Krystin and David Boring, Gaston and Rogers each appeared in Garland County District Court Friday and each pleaded not guilty to the charges. A felony review hearing was set for each of them on May 14.
According to the probable cause affidavit, all the suspects were secured and seated in the driveway while the residence and the Cadillac were searched. Investigator Trent Chadick noted that, while in the driveway, Clemons attempted to chew and swallow a baggie containing 0.5 gram of marijuana and two empty baggies.
Under the car, directly behind where Constancio was sitting, officers found a plastic bag with 4.6 grams of what later tested positive for meth, a baggie with 0.9 gram of marijuana and one and a half amphetamine pills.
During a search of the living room, investigators found a small glass vial containing what later tested positive for 0.5 gram of meth, a small baggie with 0.6 gram of meth, a burned marijuana cigarette, a baggie with 0.2 gram of meth, and two glass smoking pipes.
During a search of one bedroom, they reportedly found two glass smoking pipes, a baggie with marijuana residue, a metal spoon, an empty syringe, a syringe loaded with an unknown reddish liquid and a syringe loaded with 0.2 gram of meth. In the second bedroom, they found three more syringes loaded with an unknown liquid, baggies, a wooden box with three metal spoons with meth residue, rolling papers, a cigarette roller, a syringe with residue, two metal pipes and a glass pipe.
In the Cadillac, investigators reportedly found a baggie with 0.2 gram of meth and an empty syringe. Portions of the substances in the syringes tested positive for meth, the affidavit said.
It was noted the property was listed as belonging to an out of town company.