3 arrested in Juab County drug investigation; 1 booked for marijuana possession
Police in Juab County, Utah, arrested three people during a July 2023 drug investigation and later added attempted murder allegations to their booking sheets. A fourth man, the alleged shooting victim, was booked for drug possession with intent to distribute and marijuana possession after 1 kilo of cocaine was found in the rental car he was driving.
🇺🇸 Nephi, Juab County, Utah · Utah, United States
Arrested
4
Agencies
Nephi Police Department, Juab County Sheriff's Office +1
Three people were arrested in Juab County during a drug investigation and booked
into the Juab County Jail for investigation of drug possession.[1]The three
were Jordan Lindsay Mendoza, 35, Tyler Lester Perry, 20, and Gavino Santana
Rich, 18.[1]An attempted murder allegation was added to each of the three
suspects’ booking sheets on the Tuesday after their arrests.[1]
The case began about 5:30 a.m. on that Friday, when Tristan Scott Edmonson, 27,
entered a convenience store in Nephi bleeding and confused, saying he had been
shot at in a field.[1]Santaquin police stopped a vehicle registered to
Mendoza travelling north on I-15 and took Mendoza and the two men into custody,
finding AR-15 style weapons in plain view in the rear with bandanas covering
parts of the guns.[1]
A search warrant obtained for the Highlander turned up 1 kilo of cocaine, and
Edmonson was arrested for investigation of drug possession with intent to
distribute and marijuana possession.[1]GPS data from the rental Highlander
showed it stopping in the small town of Rocky Ridge in Juab County, which
investigators believed was around the time of the shooting.[1]After an
extensive search, deputies found where the shooting happened, with foot
impressions in the dirt matching the shoes of Perry and Rich and four shell
casings.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
4
Agencies
Nephi Police Department; Juab County Sheriff's Office; Santaquin Police Department
Agency type
Police
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Charges
drug possession; marijuana possession; drug possession with intent to distribute
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Juab County
Sources
KSL.comksl.com3 arrested in weekend drug investigation now linked to alleged murder attempt
Open questions the AI reported
The source gives no calendar date for the arrests beyond 'a Friday'; the incident date used, 21 July 2023, is the Friday before the 26 July 2023 publication.
The amount of marijuana involved in the fourth man's possession booking is not stated.
No court outcome, plea or sentencing has been reported for any of the four people booked.
Whether attempted murder charges were formally filed is not stated; the article reports only that the allegation was added to the booking sheets.
The whole account rests on one article reporting a police booking affidavit, and no independent second account could be opened.
The text gives a weight ("1 kilo") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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