POCATELLO After police allegedly sent an undercover informant to purchase cocaine from a known drug dealer in Pocatello, the man was taken into custody.
The charge against Kevin Kelly Bissegger is criminal delivery of a controlled drug.
Court filings state that on April 8, detectives and officers from Pocatello Police and the Bannock County Sheriff’s Office called a confidential informant to arrange a controlled purchase of illegal substances.
According to police investigations, Bissegger is a known drug dealer, yet the informant was able to get in touch with him and arrange a purchase of a tiny amount of fentanyl powder.
Bissegger informed the informant that they could conduct the transaction on the West Clark Street parking lot behind a bar.
Detectives came in a wire vehicle and various surveillance positions at approximately 2:30 p.m. to observe the informant making the purchase.
Police claim they witnessed a car carrying Bissegger pull up to a house in the neighborhood at 2:42 p.m. Officers told the informant to go to the residence where Bissegger had entered at 2:56 p.m.
After knocking on the door, the informant was allegedly let inside and informed that Bissegger was upstairs.
The informant spotted many other persons in the house, some of whom were identified as known users, according to police reports.
Investigators claim to have used a recording device to listen in on the informant’s conversation with Bissegger at the residence. Officers allegedly witnessed Bissegger leave the premises and take a scale from a car to weigh the drugs.
At 3:34 p.m., the informant allegedly exited the house after successfully acquiring the drugs. The informant claims that while they were at home, at least three other deliveries or transactions occurred.
Bissegger was booked into the Bannock County Jail on June 30 after a warrant for his arrest was issued on June 27. He was required to post a $50,000 bond.
On July 10, he is anticipated to show up for a preliminary hearing. He could spend up to life behind bars if found guilty.
Bissegger may not have committed these offenses, even if he has been charged with them. Until someone is proven guilty, they are all presumed innocent.
