TOOELE, Utah, Jan. 20, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Tooele City police have arrested a 50-year-old California man who was found in a city hotel room with drugs including nearly 10 pounds of methamphetamine and with three children, ages 1, 2 and 3.
Kennith James Pierce, of Bakersfield, was arrested Sunday night, and booked into jail for investigation of alleged:
- Conspiracy theft/receiving – firearm or operable motor vehicle, a second-degree felony
- Three counts of conspiracy endangerment of child or vulnerable adult
- Two counts of conspiracy possession of dangerous weapon by restricted person, a third-degree felony
- Two counts of conspiracy possession of controlled substance marijuana/spice, a class A misdemeanor
- Conspiracy alter number on pistol/revolver, a class A misdemeanor
- Two counts of conspiracy possession of controlled substance marijuana/spice, a class B misdemeanor
- Conspiracy use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor
A tip from a confidential source alerted police that Pierce and two other adults were staying a the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and had large quantities of meth in the room with them.
“The confidential source advised that there were also three small children in the hotel room with these adults and they were smoking methamphetamine around the children,” Pierce’s arrest document says…