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Officers with the Lewis County Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested three people on drug charges Monday after receiving a tip that two people were smoking methamphetamine in a hotel room with a baby present.
Daniel Joseph Barton, 31, of Centralia, was charged Tuesday in Lewis County Superior Court with delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, and possession of a controlled substance — hydrocodone.
Deangelo O’Brian Dunn, 32, and Kelly Renae White, 22, both of Chehalis, were each charged with possession of methamphetamine and endangerment with a controlled substance.
Dunn and White were granted $5,000 unsecured bail at their first court appearances Wednesday. Barton was granted $10,000 bail. The three were charged as co-defendants and are scheduled to make their next court appearances on June 30.
Acting on a tip that Dunn and White were using methamphetamine in the same room as their 3-month-old baby at the Chehalis Econo Lodge, and that Barton was their drug supplier, JNET officers went to the hotel where Dunn and White were staying on Monday, according to court documents.
Officers reportedly saw Barton enter and leave the hotel room. They stopped him in his vehicle, and he reportedly admitted to selling the couple methamphetamine, according to court documents.
Officers reported finding 6.7 grams of methamphetamine in Barton’s possession, a pipe used for smoking the drug, a digital scale, pills identified as hydrocodone, and a substance identified as heroin.
Officers contacted Dunn and White, who allegedly admitted they had a meth pipe in the room. Officers searched the room and found the pipe, a digital scale and less than 1 gram of meth.
Both admitted to officers they smoked the drug in the presence of their daughter, according to court documents. The baby was taken into custody by Child Protective Services.
