Gilman drug bust results in multiple felonies for SV man

Staff report
Posted 6/29/23

The search of a Town of Gilman residence led to the discovery of drugs in the house, car and shed and felony charges for a Spring Valley man.

Jackson Tate Brink, 21, was charged June 9 in Pierce …

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Gilman drug bust results in multiple felonies for SV man

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The search of a Town of Gilman residence led to the discovery of drugs in the house, car and shed and felony charges for a Spring Valley man.

Jackson Tate Brink, 21, was charged June 9 in Pierce County Circuit Court with felony possession with intent to deliver amphetamine, psilocin or psilocybin, narcotics and THC; possession of cocaine and felony neglecting a child where specified harm did not occur and the child is under 6-years-old or has a disability.

If convicted, Brink faces up to 15 years in prison and/or fines up to $50,000.

Pierce County deputies executed a search of the Town of Gilman residence along with the St. Croix Valley Drug Task Force on June 6.

Three other residents were home, in addition to Brink, when police arrived, one of them a juvenile.

At the residence, Brink was sleeping in his bedroom on the west side of the house. Police woke Brink and escorted him outside to read him his Miranda Rights and question him. Brink denied a search of his 2019 Nissan.

After talking to Brink, one member of the department walked by the car and saw a black bag on the passenger’s side that appeared to contain marijuana.

Inside Brinks’ bedroom, police found a glass smoking device on the windowsill with a propane tank and a lighter. A jar with a wax-like substance was located next to a computer in front of the window. A PUFFCO smoking device was found in the closet of the bedroom. Keys to a safe were found, revealing three guns, cocaine and THC.

A K9 alerted officers of the odor of narcotics in the Nissan, causing police to tow the car to the impound garage until a search warrant was obtained. The warrant was obtained on the same day, and police searched the vehicle.

The officers found what they believed to be psilocybin mushrooms in a backpack on the rear passenger side of the vehicle. There was also a box of glass jars that appeared to be THC wax located beneath the backpack.

THC edibles that appeared similar to candy were found next to a child’s car seat. Upon opening the backpack, police found THC candies and two pill bottles containing white and blue pills along with the mushrooms. After checking the pill bottles, the pills were identified as pregabalin.

Other items in the bag included Louis Vuitton receipts, a child’s shirt and what appeared to be melted edibles.

Inside the box with THC wax jars were 36 packaged edibles.

The front passenger’s side of the car contained the bag police noticed while at the residence. Inside were 18 bags of THC and two bags of psilocybin mushrooms. In the front pouch of the backpack was a jar with THC wax, a scale, a THC vape cartridge, an empty THC wax container with a marijuana leaf on it, vape pens and rolling papers.

Moving to the center counsel, police discovered two pill bottles, a fully loaded handgun and green bud believed to be THC. Upon inspection of the pills, the police believed there to be dextroamphetamine, cyclobenzaprine and oxycodone pills.

The driver’s area contained items such as brass knuckles, a prescription for Brink, containers of THC wax, another PUFFCO smoking device and a notepad with names next to numbers. The investigator assumed the notepad to be used for the sale of narcotics.

Returning to the child’s seat, the nearby floor contained a grocery bag of homemade items believed to be THC and psylocibin edibles.

The investigator returned to the original property the next day, getting consent from one of the other residents to search the shed south of the house. Inside the shed, a pick with wax residue assumed to be used to assist in wax smoking was found. A resident told the officer he had seen a similar product in the driveway, which he then retrieved and gave to police.

Brink’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. July 11. The court ordered a bond of $10,000 with conditions including absolute sobriety, no possession of substance without a valid prescription and no leaving the state of Wisconsin. He posted the cash bond on June 19.

 

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