Man allegedly caught with nearly 50 pounds of assorted drugs, stolen gun facing litany of charges
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POCATELLO — A man police say had more than 40 pounds of marijuana, in addition to numerous other drugs, faces over a dozen felony charges.
Kacey Franklin James, 32, has been charged with seven counts of possession of a controlled substance, seven counts of delivery of a controlled substance, one count of trafficking marijuana and one count of grand theft, court records show. He has also been charged with a misdemeanor for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Oct. 4
Idaho State Police, along with members of the BADGES Task Force — a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force — served a search warrant at James’ home, according to an affidavit or probable cause.
Troopers waited for James to leave the residence before serving the warrant and conducted a traffic stop simultaneously on James’ Jeep Grand Cherokee on the 600 block of West Quinn Road.
Inside the Jeep, troopers found 13 ecstasy pills, which James allegedly admitted belonged to him.
While searching the home, officers found more than 40.6 pounds of marijuana, 2.7 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, 110.5 grams of MDMA, 37.8 grams of Ecstasy pills, 22.2 grams of LSD tabs, 788.7 grams of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine pills, 20.2 grams of methamphetamine, 293.8 grams of MDMA pills, 847 Xanax pills, six morphine sulfate pills and 37 THC vape cartridges, the affidavit says. Officers also found $14,833 in cash and a .380 pistol, which had been reported stolen out of Chubbuck.
All drugs were weighed and tested using NIK Field Test Kits and returned a presumptive positive.
Some of the items were not found until James was brought back to the home and allowed to walk through, showing officers hidden caches. James also informed officers a previously unidentified black liquid was DMT.
All the drugs were seized and given to Idaho State Police analysts for testing.
The investigation leading up to service of the search warrant
In February, Idaho State Police troopers were informed by a confidential informant (CI) that they were able to purchase drugs from James, at his home. Shortly thereafter, the CI purchased the drugs from James for $100.
Idaho State Police troopers and Pocatello police officers maintained surveillance on James following the purchase.
Over the next few weeks, the task force, through CIs, made several more drug purchases from James.
After the execution of the search warrant, James was arrested and taken to Bannock County Jail for booking. He was released Oct. 13 after posting a $100,000 bond.
Though James has been charged with these crimes, it does not necessarily mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed innocent until they are proven guilty.
If he is found guilty, James would face up to life in prison.