More than 6 pounds of illegal narcotics were seized by CPD

CENTER — A drug bust resulted in the arrest of six people and the seizure of more than six pounds of methamphetamine and illegal marijuana by the Center Police Department on Wednesday, April 20. 

Center Police Chief Dale Meek said the arrests were the result of a search warrant being served at a house in the 400 block of Mile Street in Center. 

Meek explained that officers had received information from several credible sources that narcotics were being dealt out of the residence of Donny Jaramillo, 61, and Chris Harvey, 41. Subsequent surveillance confirmed the presence of narcotics sales and CPD officers filed and received a search warrant for the property. 

At approximately noon, CPD officers executed the search warrant with the assistance of the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office and the Alamosa County Parole Officers. 

Officers, according to Meek, interrupted what appeared to be the start of a party. Present at the residence were Chris Harvey, Lenite Harvey, Letisia Serna, Francisco Villa-Lopez and Kayla Muniz. Chris Harvey and Lenite Harvey were stopped as they left the premise in a vehicle and the other subjects were detained inside the home. 

The search of the home recovered a liquid methamphetamine mix of 1,799 grams, a total of 1,072 grams of illegal marijuana and several hundred pills from various prescriptions with many being Xanax, Meek said. 

Large amounts of drug paraphernalia, suspicious property, a large box of ammunition and other items were recovered and held as evidence. 

Additionally, some suspicious substances were taken into custody for further testing at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab, Meek said. 

Chris Harvey was arrested on suspicion of unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing or sale of a controlled substance. He was on parole and had recently been arrested in Saguache County for felony menacing with a firearm. 

Jaramillo was arrested on suspicion of unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale of a controlled substance. 

Lenite Harvey, 49, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. 

Serna, 36, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, and criminal possession of a financial device — another person’s credit card. 

Muniz, 27, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. She also had a warrant for failing to appear on false reporting an incident case. 

Villa-Lopez, 42, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. He was just released on bond for a Monte Vista Police Department case. 

This is still an ongoing investigation, Meek said, and more information would be provided as it becomes available.