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Two Ketchikan Men Arrested; Drugs, Cash and Guns Confiscated
By Dick Kauffman

 

October 21, 2005
Friday AM


Ketchikan, Alaska - A continuing investigation by the Ketchikan Police Department and the Alaska State Troopers resulted in the arrest of two Ketchikan men and the confiscation of 513.9 grams of marijuana, over $13,000 in U.S. currency, 17 handguns and 22 long guns, according to John Maki, Deputy Chief of the Ketchikan Police Department.


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513.9 grams of marijuana, over $13,000 in U.S. currency,
17 handguns and 22 long guns were confiscated in Ketchikan by Officers.
Photograph by John Maki


A search warrant was granted for officers to search 711 Harris Street in Ketchikan. According to Maki, the search was conducted about 8:00 pm on October 14th.

Arrested were Norman Wiley Bolles, 43, of Ketchikan and Frank Alan Hill, 41, of Ketchikan. Bolles was charged with misconduct involving a controlled substance in the 4th degree and two counts of felony theft in the 2nd degree. Hill was charged with two counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the 4th degree.

Two of the weapons confiscated by the Officers had been previously reported as stolen. The confiscated Remington 30.06 rifle had been reported stolen to Ketchikan Police in 1991 and a Mossberg shotgun had been reported stolen in the Ketchikan area to the Alaska State Troopers in 1993.

Both Bolles and Hill were booked in the Ketchikan Corrections Center said Maki.


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17 handguns and 22 long guns were confiscated by Officers
Photograph by John Maki


Related to the investigation, Deputy Chief Maki said on October 20th a grand jury in Ketchikan delivered indictments against four additional subjects in methamphetamine drug sales.

A grand jury on Thursday delivered indictments against:

Cent Harvey Gementiza, 25, of Ketchikan was indicted on four counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the 3rd degree.

Brian Lee Schroeder, 31, of Ketchikan was indicted on two counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the 3rd degree.

Timothy Shawn Lloyd, 24, of Ketchikan was indicted on five counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the 3rd degree - three counts by the Ketchikan Police Department and two counts additional counts by the Alaska State Troopers.

Terri L. Bermudez, 35, of Ketchikan was indicted on three counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the 3rd degree.

Any charges are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

 

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