Police: 3 drug-related arrests since Wednesday

Officers have made three drug-related arrests since Wednesday, according to Maricopa police. 

On Friday, a traffic stop led to the arrest of the vehicle’s passenger, police said. 

Raymond G. Bunce was charged with possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. 

Officers stopped a vehicle for making a wide turn and failing to maintain its lane, according to a probable cause statement. Police said they identified Bunce and found he had an active warrant for his arrest (pre-adjudication). 

During a consented search of the vehicle, officers said they found a medium-sized green bag on the passenger seat. Bunce allegedly told officers it was his bag and they had consent to search it, according to police. 

In the bag, police found a small plastic bag of a “clear crystal-like substance,” a green glass object with a bulb on the end and a plastic rubber item with black residue, the probable cause statement said. 

Bunce allegedly admitted the “crystal-like” substance was methamphetamine and the green object was a pipe to smoke it, police said. 

Bunce was booked into Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Jail on the charges. 

On Thursday, Frank Clark, 41, was arrested and charged with possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after police stopped a vehicle in which he was riding at State Route 347 and Juan Avenue, near Copper Sky, police said. Clark was arrested on a valid warrant out of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, according to a probable cause statement. He was being held in Pinal County Jail on Monday afternoon, according to online jail records. 

A day earlier, Lacie Marquez, 28, was arrested and charged with possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after officers responded to a disturbance at a Condrey Avenue home in the Heritage District, police said. She was being held in Pinal County Jail on Monday afternoon, awaiting a May 27 preliminary hearing, according to online jail records.