A man was arraigned Wednesday on drug charges after he reportedly tried to smuggle heroin and hydrocodone into Juneau on a flight from Seattle.
While it is not clear if he is a Juneau resident, the defendant has a prior in-state conviction for bringing hydrocodone and cocaine into town through the mail, according to court records online.
In Juneau District Court Wednesday, Harold Maurice Greenlee, 48, pleaded not guilty to possession of heroin and possession to hydrocodone with intent to deliver, after being arrested Sunday.
According to the criminal complaint filed by Juneau Police Department Det. Carl Lundquist, Greenlee was stopped after he arrived in Juneau on the Seattle flight, and search warrants were executed on Greenlee and his luggage. Inside Greenlee’s bag, searchers reportedly found 50 grams of suspected black tar heroin inside hair gel containers, as well as 341 pills containing varying dosages of hydrocodone and acetaminophen.
Greenlee reportedly told Lundquist he is from Juneau but could not provide his address; he had a Michigan ID and a Pennsylvania phone number.
Greenlee has a prior drug conviction in Juneau, dating back to April 2011, when he was arrested after postal inspectors discovered a package containing controlled substances; a controlled delivery of the package was set up with police and members of the Southeast Cities Against Drugs joint task force.
Greenlee picked up the package and took it to his residence, where he was arrested. The package reportedly contained 199 Vicodin pills, and 1-1/2 ounces of cocaine; Greenlee told officers that he wasn’t selling the drugs, and the drugs were all for his personal use.
He eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance.
Contact reporter Liz Kellar at 523-2246 or liz.kellar@juneauempire.com.
