Couple arrested for felony child abuse, drug trafficking; admits to drug use, sales in front of child
A 44-year-old Carson City woman and a 61-year-old Carson City man were arrested in the 2600 block of Blossom View Lane Friday afternoon for suspicion of felony child abuse, possession with intent to sell a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and trafficking a controlled substance level 1.
According to the report, Robin Marie Jensen and Steven Scott Brown were arrested by Tri-NET Narcotic Task Force detectives after receiving information that Jensen and Brown were actively selling methamphetamine out of their residence.
The information stated that the pair lived at the house with their five-year-old child. Detectives learned that during drug transactions, the child was present.
Tri-NET Detectives and Special Enforcement Team deputies established surveillance in the area. After several contacts with people leaving the residence, a search warrant was granted for the residence.
During the search warrant the following items were located:
Garage:
Methamphetamine pipe with residue located in the roof access door of the garage. A box containing numerous water pipes and glass pipes were located in the attic.
Kitchen:
A package of small ziplock baggies were located on the kitchen table along with a black digital scale missing a lid located in the kitchen hutch.
In the first bedroom:
One soy sauce water pipe with methamphetamine residue containing water located on a nightstand, along with a Tupperware container six glass methamphetamine pipes with residue, one white vinegar water pipe with residue, two glass steps to water pipes with residue, and another Tupperware containing multiple yellow Rx tablets.
In the second bedroom, occupied by Jensen, Brown and the child:
Two black digital scales with methamphetamine residue was located on the entertainment center next to one mirror with residue. A water pipe was located in a pink bucket on the floor. A stem to a water pipe with residue was located on top of plastic drawers on the northeast side of the bed. Plastic baggies commonly used to sell or transport narcotics was located in the left drawer of the entertainment center. Three water pipes located on the entertainment center were found on the entertainment center as well. Three additional methamphetamine pipes were located, and a black lock box containing small plastic baggies, two methamphetamine pipes, a tooter straw and a plastic baggie with 6.8 grams of methamphetamine was located on the bed.
All items were seized and later booked into evidence.
The child was confirmed to be at school and not at the residence during the time of the search warrant.
However, living conditions throughout the residence were deemed to present an immediate danger to the safety and welfare of the child, according to SET deputies.
Throughout the residence, deputies located multiple sanitary, hazardous chemicals and illegal drug substances that are within reach of the child.
Cleaning chemicals, an unknown green liquid chemical substance, piles of trash, an axe, a bayonet, rotten food, a hand saw, a butane torch, spray paint, butane fuel, a bottle of bug poison fogger, boxes of medications, hypodermic needles, razor blades, multiple glass methamphetamine pipes and homemade pipe apparatuses to smoke methamphetamine and more were all located within reach of the child.
The overall condition of the house was unsanitary and showed no signs of being cleaned, according to the report.
Brown admitted that the child was present during transactions and use of methamphetamine in the residence on multiple occasions, and the child was often left in the presence of unknown persons without his knowledge. He stated people would come to the house without his knowledge to use drugs.
Bail for each: $48,637.
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