A Quinhagak man was arraigned on charges Thursday in connection to a raid on a Bethel home, where law enforcement seized large amounts of heroin and cocaine.
Albert R. Cleveland was arrested up for violating his parole during the raid in October.
Cleveland was on parole for third-degree assault and has, what Jared Karr of the District Attorney’s office called, “an extensive criminal history” that includes 10 previous convictions.
Cleveland now faces a charge of second-degree conspiracy misconduct, which carries a maximum 10-year sentence and a $100,000 fine, in addition to any sentence he may get for the parole violation.
At the arraignment, Cleveland told the judge that he didn’t know the others arrested in the house during the raid.
Six other people were arrested during the raid and were arraigned earlier this week.
Cleveland maintained at the proceeding that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, but Judge Bruce Ward called him an “extreme danger to the community” and set bail at $150,000.
Cleveland was involved in a series of overdoses on August 15 in Quinhagak that left a 19-year-old dead. Cleveland also overdosed and was medevaced to YKHC in Bethel where his life was saved.
It is not clear if Cleveland provided the heroin, which was laced with another more powerful drug called fentanyl, to the others involved in the incident.
In May, police raided his home after receiving a tip that he was dealing in the village.
Cleveland has a preliminary court date set for Nov. 14 at the Bethel Courthouse.
