LEWISTON, ID – Two Lewiston residents were arrested over the weekend following an investigation by the Quad Cities Drug Task Force that resulted in the discovery of about 1,000 fentanyl pills. Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers says detectives had recently obtained information regarding two individuals believed to be regularly trafficking fentanyl pills into the Lewis-Clark Valley.
“Detectives believed the suspects in this case kept their supply of narcotics at an undisclosed storage unit in a Clarkston, WA while residing in Lewiston, ID,” Myers says in a press release.
Over the weekend detectives reportedly observed 39-year-old Kimberlee Perrigo and 33-year-old Joshua Hescock leaving the Valley, believed to be headed north to the Spokane area, to allegedly secure additional supplies of narcotics.
“The couple was observed traveling mostly on backroads until arriving in Spokane. Upon returning to the LC Valley, detectives observed the pair travel to and enter their storage unit in Clarkston before returning to Lewiston. Detectives applied for and were granted a search warrant for the suspected storage unit. During the search of the storage unit, detectives located approximately 900 fentanyl pills,” Myers says.
A short time later, Perrigo and Hescock were detained and later arrested during a traffic stop.
“During that traffic stop, approximately 100 more fentanyl pills were located. Perrigo and Hescock were subsequently booked into Nez Perce County Jail on narcotics related charges,” the press release states.
Detectives believe Perrigo and Hescock have been distributing illegal narcotics, including fentanyl pills into the LC Valley, on a weekly basis for some time. The QCDTF worked closely with the Lewiston Police Department and the Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Deputy to successfully close this investigation.
The Quad Cities Drug Task Force is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance to combat narcotics distribution in Southeastern Washington and Western Idaho Counties.
