Woman indicted for having drugs on school grounds

A Juneau grand jury indicted a woman whom police saw “shooting up” narcotics at a high school parking lot, according to prosecutors.

Chelsea M. Massin, 35, was charged Friday with misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth degree, a class C felony, for the alleged offense.

Juneau District Attorney James Scott said the charge is actually only tied to marijuana that a Juneau Police Department officer also found on scene at the Thunder Mountain High School parking lot on May 2.

“(Marijuana was) the only drug seized in … enough amount to test,” Juneau District Attorney James Scott said, explaining why his office did not pursue more narcotics charges.

Massin was not arrested at the time, but she was issued a court summons Friday. A court date has not yet been scheduled.

DA Scott said that if Massin is convicted, his office will request substance abuse treatment for her rather than jail time. Fourth-degree drug misconduct carries between zero to two years in jail for first time offenders. Massin does not have a prior criminal record in Alaska, online court records show.

 

Second indictment

Allessandro Hill Jr., 36, also faces felony charges after the same grand jury indicted him for two counts of theft and one count of weapons misconduct.

Hill allegedly stole two handguns, a .357 Smith and Wesson and a .22/45 Ruger, from his roommate on June 5, according to a police complaint. Both weapons were eventually returned to the owner.

The two theft charges are class C felonies, as is the weapons misconduct charge, which comes from Hill possessing a weapon as a felon.

Hill was convicted for a felony failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer on Oct. 17, 2007.

The three charges Hill currently faces are punishable by up to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

• Contact reporter Paula Ann Solis at 523-2272 or paula.solis@juneauempire.com.

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