First heroin, now meth—two more Nome residents are behind bars after allegedly selling illegal drugs.
Court records and affidavits from Alaska State Troopers charge 29-year-old Chad Jacobson and 28-year-old Joan Miller with selling methamphetamine to a confidential informant in November of last year.
Both were arrested last week. Troopers said the arrests are part of an ongoing, yearlong joint investigation by the Troopers’ WAANT, the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team, and Nome Police; that joint effort resulted in two heroin-related arrests last month.
In November, investigators say Miller, who they identify as Jacobson’s girlfriend, delivered two grams of a “white crystal substance” to a police informant in a controlled purchase. Field and lab tests identified the substance as methamphetamine.
In an affidavit filed with the Nome court, investigators claim Jacobson set up that sale, and only sent his girlfriend at the last minute. Just days later, the affidavit states Troopers set up a second purchase for another two grams of meth. This time, Troopers said Jacobson made the sale, and delivered two “dime-sized bags … containing a white crystal substance” that later tested positive for methamphetamine.
Both Miller and Jacobson were formally charged in Nome court on Friday, for one count each of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, a felony drug charge that carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison and $100,000 in fines.
Miller’s bail was set at $5,000, while bail for Jacobson was set at $15,000. Both remain in custody at Nome’s Anvil Mountain Correctional Center.
The Fairbanks law firm of Gazewood & Weiner PC is representing both Miller and Jacobson. The firm declined to comment on the cases Wednesday.
