Bettendorf police find fentanyl, stolen gun in car where child was passenger

A 37-year-old Wisconsin man was in custody Saturday after Bettendorf Police say they found a stolen gun, fentanyl pills, and suspected heroin in his car, court records show.

Aaron Young, of Sun Prairie, faces three charges of controlled substance violation, three charges of failure to affix a drug tax stamp, trafficking in stolen weapons – first offense, and dominion/control of a firearm/offensive weapon by a felon, according to court records. All are felony charges.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m. Thursday, police saw Young driving a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze in the area of Horizon Court and Hawthorne Drive, Bettendorf, arrest affidavits show.

In the driver’s side door pocket, police say in affidavits, was a plastic bag with three packaged baggies of suspected heroin with an approximate weight of 1.44 grams total package weight, as well as 8.29 grams total package weight of more than 30 fentanyl pills stamped with the label “m30.” Also in the car were 4.14 grams total package weight of marijuana, affidavits say..

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