Three Arrested In Yavapai County For Fentanyl Dealing

Yavapai County Sheriff's Office

After a month-long investigation, Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) detectives charged four Prescott residents with multiple felony drug counts and seized almost 1,700 fentanyl pills and firearms on Monday afternoon.

Detectives conducted two traffic stops and obtained a search warrant for a residence in the 100 block of North Rush Street in Prescott where the narcotics and firearms were located.

Arrested were 24-year-old Jaden Brooks, 26-year-old Rebecca Platisha, 31-year-old Thomas Piali, and 32-year-old Christina Marrietta. All were booked into jail on felony charges of possession or use of a narcotic drug, possession of a narcotic drug for sale, and possession or use of drug paraphernalia.

Piali faces an additional count of possession of a deadly weapon during a felony.

Marrietta faces an additional felony charge of possession or use of a dangerous drug and a misdemeanor count of possession or use of a prescription drug.

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