August 4, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

RE: Two arrested after Saturday morning search warrant

     On Saturday August 1st, 2020, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies and SWAT Team members served a search warrant at a residence in the 600 block Lawndale Dr. in Bonneville County.  The search warrant was part of an ongoing investigation by the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) of the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and the Idaho Falls Police Department.  Deputies were able to detain 50 year old Christopher W. Gee and 40 year old Faithe V. Rowberry inside the residence along with a separate female adult who lived there. 

     Gee, who is currently on parole, was placed under arrest for an active Felony Warrant for a Parole Violation.  Deputies found approximately 15 grams of heroin in Gee’s pocket and when asked he admitted he knew it was heroin.  During a search of the room Gee and Rowberry had been living in, Deputies seized approximately 10 grams of marijuana, drug pipes, and items used in the weighing and packaging of illegal drugs. 

     Gee was transported to the Bonneville County Jail where he was booked on the Parole Violation Warrant as well as a Felony charge of Drug Trafficking in Heroin and Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  Rowberry was also transported to the Bonneville Count Jail and booked on Misdemeanor charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Frequenting a Place where Drugs are Used or Sold.