“The week prior to this operation, a package containing 20 individual bottles of 30 counts Alprazolam 2mg (Xanax), bound for 1642 Falmouth Ave. in the City of Springfield was intercepted and seized by U.S. Postal Inspectors,” the statement said. “It was discovered that several similar packages from the same return address had been delivered to this Springfield address over the past several months.”
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Upon delivery of the package, the statement said, a male suspect later identified as Darrell Spell, 26, accepted the package and took it into the residence at Falmouth Avenue.
A search warrant was then executed on the house. During the search warrant, investigators located Spell, Stacy Mansfield and three children.
“Investigators were able to locate the delivered package, that had already been opened by the suspects,” the statement said. “The estimated street value of the recovered narcotics is $9,000, however, the retail price printed on each package was $732 to a total retail value of $21,960.”
In addition to the package with narcotics, investigators also located evidence of previous narcotic shipments, cash, additional narcotics and drug paraphernalia, the statement said. In total, investigators recovered 50 bottles (1500 pills) of Alprazolam 2mg (Xanez) with an estimated street value of $15,000 and retail value of $36,600, the statement said.
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Mansfield was charged with one count of trafficking in drugs and three counts of endangering children while Spell was charged with one count of trafficking in drugs, the statement said. Both Mansfield and Spell were listed as inmates in the Clark County Jail as of Tuesday morning.
“As a result of children being present at the time of this criminal activity and the amounts recovered being above 15 times the bulk amount, the trafficking charges were filed as a second-degree felony,” the statement said. “The children involved in this case were released into the custody of a family member and a referral was made to Children’s Services.”
The investigation into Mansfield and Spell is ongoing, the statement said, and additional charges could be added at a later date.
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