By Moses Leos III
Three people were booked into the Hays County Jail Oct. 6 after an August search warrant discovered numerous narcotics at their residence, with authorities alleging their intent to sell and distribute them.
Priscilla Lopez, 30, of San Marcos, and Barry Pearson, 26 were booked on six charges, including three felony counts of manufacture, deliver or possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
Authorities also booked Louie Guerrero, 25, of Martindale, on three felony counts of manufacture, deliver or possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance, a felony charge of possession of marijana and a violation of parole.
According to a Hays County Sheriff’s Office probable cause affidavit, members of the Hays County Narcotics Task Force executed a court ordered search and arrest warrant along the 1600 block of Hofheinz Street in San Marcos August 16. The home according to the affidavit, was the residence of Lopez, Pearson and Guerrero.
Upon executing the warrant, authorities located “distributable amounts” of various drugs. That included approximately 121 grams of marijuana, seven grams of cocaine, 18 pills of ecstasy and 78 pills of Xanax.
Authorities also located a digital scale and numerous plastic bags that they allege as being “items used in the criminal enterprise of illegal narcotics distribution, according to the affidavit. Officers also discovered less than one gram of methamphetamine and approximately 34 grams of THC in the kitchen freezer.
The majority of the marijuana was located inside an unlocked security safe and inside a bag within a bedroom closet, according to the affidavit.
In the residence, authorities located marijana residue and joint “roaches”. The cocaine, ecstasy and most of the xanax were alleged to be concealed in Lopez’s and Pearson’s room and within Lopez’s makeup bag.
Lopez said the safe belonged to her and Pearson, but that Guerrero had stayed in the bedroom. All three had access to the safe and bedroom, according to the affidavit.
Once the safe was opened, authorities found Guerrero’s Texas Department of Criminal Justice identification inside and his wallet within a bag that contained a “large portion” of marijana. Guerrero’s parole violation stems from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
In the kitchen of the home, authorities allegedly found an “affirmative link” for Pearson after finding a document they believe was a drug ledger.
The ledger detailed sales of high grade marijuana, cocaine, Xanax and ecstasy.
All of the narcotics that were listed on the “affirmative link,” which was an envelope allegedly addressed to Pearson at the same location, were in the safe.
Authorities also discovered another document that listed what they allege were “high grade marijuana prices.”
The notepad from which the document was found allegedly belonged to Lopez. The document indicated that Lopez would make $600 per month for selling the marijuana plus money received for babysitting.
Pearson is being held on $88,000 bond, while Guerrero is being held on $20,000. Lopez is being held on $30,000 bond.
