A Lafayette man reportedly found with more than 200 counterfeit opioid pills laced with fentanyl during a domestic violence arrest has taken a plea deal.
Jessie James Raymond Verner, 36, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Boulder District Court to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, stalking, domestic violence habitual offender, harassment and criminal mischief.
Verner, who entered into the plea by video from the Boulder County Jail, is now set for sentencing on Dec. 2 following a pre-sentence investigation and community corrections screen.
The most serious of the charges, the distribution count, is a Class 2 drug felony that could carry up to eight years in prison.
According to an affidavit, police were called to a residence in Lafayette for a domestic violence report on two separate occasions in January and identified Verner as the suspect.
Police also noted Verner had open warrants, and went to find Verner on Jan. 27 at his listed address at an auto shop in Lafayette.
When police arrived, Verner refused to leave an enclosed room and comply with police. Police deployed pepper balls into the room, and Verner eventually surrendered to officers.
Police found Verner with a bag containing 284 blue pills divided into smaller bags. Officers noted the pills were labeled M30 and M50, which would identify them as oxycodone, but they appeared to be counterfeit.
Testing later confirmed the presence of fentanyl in the pills.
