A Lewiston man was arrested for possession with intent to deliver for allegedly having 18 fentanyl pills.
43-year-old Michael McNamee appeared Wednesday by video in the Nez Perce County Courthouse before Magistrate Judge Sunil Ramalingam, who set bond at $30,000.
Michael McNamee
According to the probable cause affidavit, an Idaho State Police trooper stopped a gray Dodge Ram 1500 around 7 p.m. Tuesday at 21st Street and 19th Avenue at the Wendy’s parking lot. The vehicle was allegedly stopped for an expired registration and the plate came back registered to a black Volkswagen Routan.
Court documents say McNamee was a passenger in the vehicle and the trooper’s drug detection dog gave an alert for the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, a container under the passenger seat was allegedly found with 18 fentanyl pills.
According to a news release from the Nez Perce County Prosecutor’s Office, McNamee has had six failures to appear, most recently in 2015, and one felony bench warrant. He has four felony convictions for failure to register as a sex offender and one escape from 2019. He was also out on bond from another felony possession of methamphetamine from Sept. 24th.
McNamee faces up to life in prison and/or a $25,000 fine for the felony charge of intent to deliver.
His next court date is scheduled for Nov. 21st.
