(KAIR)--Atchison police say an Atchison man, who allegedly claimed to be selling methamphetamine, was selling something quite different; and, because of his dubious product, is arrested not for selling the drug but for pretending to.
Police Chief Mike Wilson says the investigation that led to the arrest of Chad Gorrell, Junior, began for entirely different motives, launched after the 21-year-old told police he had been the victim of a robbery and assault. “There was an investigation over the weekend that actually began as an assault case,” Wilson tells MSC News. “It actually led us to investigate a case that would occurred in the 300 block of north 8th on Saturday evening. Based on that investigation, we have taken into custody Gorrell, and it involves distribution of a simulated controlled substance. In fact, an additional charge with that is within 1,000 feet of a school, specifically the Alternative School at 8th and Santa Fe.”
Wilson says Gorrell suffereed injuries that required hospital treatment, but it's not believed that he was a victim as he had described to police.
The alleged fake meth is currently undergoing testing, with police unable to immediately say what the substance is.
Gorrell, following his arrest, was booked into the Atchison County Jail where, at last check, he remained held on a bond of $10,000.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Hiawatha man charged after escape from police custody
Meriden teen injured in Jeff co wreck
Two arrested in rural Horton drug bust
USD 415 board approves resignations, new hires
Fake sports rings seized enroute to Atchison
USD 115 board fails to fill vacancy after 3 votes
Early Saturday house fire battled in Atchison
Topeka woman arrested in Jackson Co on drug charges
Hearing held on USD 115 land transfer petition
Failure to stop, Georgia warrants, hold Atchison man
4th attorney appointed for TX man charged in fatal Jackson Co wreck
8-year-old injured in mid-week Atchison wreck
Lansing man arrested in overdose death
New Mayor appointed for Lancaster
LV man sentenced for teen sexual attack
K-9 bridge replacement underway in Nemaha County
LATEST STORIES
Electrical distribution project upgrades for Falls City
NPPD warns downed power lines can be deadly
MHMA Mock Trial Team wins state, heads to natls
Nebraska students taking advantage of dual credit courses
Lansing inmate dead, investigation continues
Motorcyclist injured in Winthrop, MO crash
Bird flu found in two KS dairy herds
Brown Co certifies election results