A Sitka grand jury has indicted three Sitkans for possessing and intending to distribute heroin.
On Aug. 26, A grand jury indicted Lawrence Johnson Jr., 42, Evelyn Calhoun, 29, and Shammar Ferguson, 32, with two felony counts each.
One is for conspiracy to commit misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree, which is a class C felony. The other is for misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree, a class B felony.
According to courts records, on Aug. 16th, 2016, Calhoun called the Sitka Police Department to report that Ferguson was trespassing on her property.
Johnson, who also was at the scene, then notified police that Calhoun had transported heroin and methamphetamine to Sitka.
Johnson showed an officer a plastic bag containing 88.66 grams of a black, tar-like substance that tested positive for heroin.
The street value of that heroin is $42,000.
Officers then observed other items allegedly associated with drug distribution.
According to a police department news release from Aug. 17, the arrest was made in collaboration with several agencies, including the Alaska State Troopers, Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs Task Force, and the Ketchikan police.
Johnson Calhoun and Ferguson were arraigned in Superior Court on Aug. 29, and remain in custody at the Sitka Jail.
