CSC student arrested, accused of multiple felony counts

A court date for 19-year-old Dominique Smith has been set for April 13. Smith posted bail over the weekend, a county court spokesperson said Tuesday. His bail was set at 10 percent of $10,000.

Chadron police transported Smith to Dawes County Jail after arresting him early Thursday, March 24 morning, accusing him of multiple felony counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance police suspect is marijuana.

Acting on a tip from college staff members who reported smelling burning marijuana, police served a warrant on Kent Hall, Room 237, at about 3:20 a.m. Thursday, where they arrested resident Dominique Smith, freshman of Aurora, Colorado, police stated in a press release issued late Thursday afternoon.

“Even though the arrest this morning involves a student on campus, we continue to work cooperatively with the college’s staff to identify and take any appropriate actions to make our campus as safe as possible,” Chadron Police Chief Tim Lordino stated in Thursday’s release.

In addition to arresting Smith, police seized “a cell phone, a mason jar with suspected marijuana, dryer sheets, small screens, about $580 in U.S. currency, rolling papers, multiple bags of suspected marijuana (total weight approximately 5.4 ounces), a digital scale, a marijuana grinder, two glass pipes, and about 100 suspected marijuana cigarettes,” the release states.

Smith is accused of one count of “possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver (on public college grounds), a Class II Felony (28-416); possession of money used or intended to be used to facilitate a violation of 28-416, a Class III Felony; possession of marijuana more than one ounce and less than one pound, a Class II misdemeanor and possession of drug paraphernalia, an infraction,” the release states.