[1]Cody M. Warner yawns as he awaits his turn to go before the judge while Dakota W. Davidson sits with defense attorney during bail hearing.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – After twice arranging with informants to buy heroin from a 34-year-old man, drug detectives yesterday served a search warrant at his north Centralia home and arrested two people.
When law enforcement officers approached the residence on Rose Street, they saw someone peek out of a trailer window, and responding to shouts of “search warrant”, a male and female exited, according to court documents.
Dakota W. Davidson, 21, of Centralia, had an outstanding warrant and a search incident to his arrest turned up a small container with suspected meth, charging documents relate. He was arrested, booked into the Lewis County Jail and charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of methamphetamine.
A short time after a detective finished searching the trailer, the detective got a phone call from 34-year-old Cody M. Warner, who said he heard police were at his trailer, and was told he needed to come back so the detective could talk with him, the documents state.
Warner arrived with his father, was shown the search warrant and was placed under a arrest. He too was booked into jail.
Charging documents in Warner’s case indicate that twice between Aug. 1 and Aug. 31, a confidential informant purchased heroin from Warner. The second time the transaction took place at his home, according to court documents.
The case came out of an investigation by the local multi-agency Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team. Court documents don’t indicate what if anything the search of the home and trailer turned up.
Warner was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance.
Judge Nelson Hunt set his bail at $20,000, calling it a community safety issue. Davidson’s conditions of release included a $5,000 signature bond.
Both individuals are unemployed and both were given court-appointed lawyers. Their arraignments are set for next Thursday.