GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. (WOOD) — A moped stuffed with several pounds of drugs was among contraband seized in a Comstock Park raid that now has a convicted felon facing another stint in prison.
Dealer-quantity amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine along with guns were seized during a series of raids on Sept. 11 targeting Joseph Ivy-Maze III, according to authorities and court records.
It’s not his first brush with the law. Ivy-Maze III, 41, was on federal probation for a drug bust in Kent County.
The Sept. 11 haul in Comstock Park included more than five pounds of methamphetamine, 1.7 pounds of fentanyl and at least 2.2 pounds of cocaine, court records show.
He has a hearing next week in 63rd District Court on four charges, including delivery/manufacture of more than 1,000 grams of cocaine. The crime is punishable by up to life in prison.
Ivy-Maze III is in the Kent County jail on a $1 million bond. A message left with his attorney on Friday was not returned.
His arrest is the second this month by Grand Rapids Police involving a kilogram or more of drugs. On Sept. 3, police seized nearly 2.4 pounds of cocaine from a house in Wyoming. The raid also netted nearly $1.2 million in cash.