COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man was arraigned Saturday in Branch County District Court after he was charged in connection with an undercover drug investigation by the Southwest Enforcement Team.
59-year-old Paul Kevin Dirschell was charged with two counts of delivering methamphetamine and two counts of being in possession of a controlled substance.
With Dirschell’s criminal record that goes back to 1979, prosecutors also filed an habitual offender sentencing enhancer if Dirschell is convicted.
According to court documents, Dirschell was allegedly involved in a pair of methamphetamine transactions with S.W.E.T. detectives on January 7 and 11.
He was also charged with being in possession of meth after he was arrested last Friday on felony warrants and brought into the Branch County Jail.
After he was brought to the jail, authorities say they found what was described as a large amount of powder on the patrol car seat he was in which field tested positive for meth. Court documents say a search of the storage unit where he was arrested led to the discovery of 17 pills that were identified as gabapentin
Bond was set at $50,000 and a not guilty plea was entered on Dirschell’s behalf. A probable cause hearing was scheduled for May 27 with a preliminary exam set for June 3.
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