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A West Bountiful man has been arrested after police say he used "little drug runners" to distribute marijuana and assaulted and robbed a young person over stolen marijuana.
Preston Anthony Kilpatrick, 18, was booked into the Davis County Jail for investigation of theft, possession of a managed substance and arranging the distribution of a managed substance.
In January, a young person went to the Layton Police Division along with his mother and father to report that he had been assaulted by Kilpatrick in a Layton park after the teenager had stolen marijuana from him, in response to a police reserving affidavit. Police say Kilpatrick repeatedly struck him within the head earlier than one other juvenile additionally started hitting him and advised him to surrender his possessions. He additionally advised police that Kilpatrick pointed a "Glock" handgun at his head through the assault.
Police say Kilpatrick and the opposite attacker took the teenager's cellphone earlier than discarding it. The teenager suffered swelling and bruising to his head, face and eye as a result of assault, the affidavit states.
Investigators later obtained a search warrant for Kilpatrick's Instagram account, the place they are saying they discovered messages that confirmed Kilpatrick and two juveniles planning the assault within the Layton park. In further messages, police allege that Kilpatrick admitted to assaulting the teenager and sending a video of the assault to a different particular person. The video reveals the sufferer on the bottom earlier than Kilpatrick hits the teenager and reveals Kilpatrick holding what seems to be a handgun, in response to the affidavit.
Whereas looking Kilpatrick's Instagram account, police discovered a bunch message that they consider was getting used to debate the sale of medication. The group was named "pdawg's little drug runners," in response to the affidavit. Police say "pdawg" is a nickname Kilpatrick utilized in his social media accounts.
Police consider Kilpatrick coordinated with teenagers to promote cartridges of THC, the psychoactive substance present in marijuana. Police famous within the affidavit a deal the place Kilpatrick allegedly organized the sale of THC substances to "a 15-year-old lady he was romantically concerned about." Police allege Kilpatrick offered and used the THC with the lady.
Investigators additionally intercepted new messages to Kilpatrick the place considered one of his underage mates mentioned they should "kill" an eighth grade pupil over a drug dealing dispute, in response to the affidavit. The change led police to consider there might be one other assault sooner or later.
Kilpatrick and two teenagers had been arrested by police on Monday, as he was getting ready to promote illicit mushrooms and a THC cartridge to somebody within the car parking zone of the Layton Hills Mall, the affidavit says.
Kilpatrick allegedly advised police that the "Glock" used within the assault was a BB gun.
Kilpatrick is being held in jail with out bail, in response to reserving information. As of Thursday, no formal legal prices had been filed in opposition to him.