Heroin bust results in charges for three

WORLAND – An ongoing investigation by the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of three Worland residents on Sunday and charges brought before the Fifth Judicial Court for conspiring to sell heroin within 500 feet of a local school.

Aaron K. Brown, Braydan Lucas Brown and Destiny Guitierrez made an initial appearance in court on Monday, each facing one charge of Conspiracy to Deliver a Controlled Substance Within 500 Feet of a School.

According to police affidavits, a search warrant was executed on the Brown residence, located within 500 feet from West Side Elementary, where officers found several packets of a material that field tested for heroin, packed for distribution, along with $770 in twenty-dollar bills and canisters of Kratom, an opiod-like, unscheduled drug. Law enforcement also confiscated digital scales, packaging materials and related paraphernalia.

All three are currently being held on $50,000 cash bond in the Washakie County Law Enforcement center, pending pretrial proceedings. All three acknowledged the properties location to the elementary school.

If convicted, the accused could face a fine of up to $25,000 and no less than 20 years imprisonment.