Close X
Monday, November 11, 2024
ADVT 
National

Former Miss Nevada Katherine Nicole Rees Arrested On Meth Trafficking Charges

The Canadian Press, 10 Jul, 2015 01:16 PM
  • Former Miss Nevada Katherine Nicole Rees Arrested On Meth Trafficking Charges
Former Miss Nevada Katherine Nicole Rees was arrested for allegedly selling and being in possession of meth.
 
The beauty pageant alumni was charged with multiple felonies that included trafficking of a controlled substance, sale of a controlled substance and two counts of conspiracy to violate the uniform controlled substances act, reports aceshowbiz.com.
 
According to legal papers filed on Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court, Rees sold meth to someone identified only as J. Peacock in September before she was found in possession of 5.3 gm of meth a month later. 
 
The complaint further claimed that Katherine conspired with "unknown co-conspirators." On Wednesday, an arrest warrant was issued for her. 
 
Back in 2009, Rees said that she was not using any kind of drug, in an interview with an Australia TV show after swabs of her laptop and Louis Vuitton bag tested positive for cocaine and meth at Sydney airport.
 
"I don't use cocaine. I don't use any kind of pill, no kind of Xanax, no anything. I don't use anything," she had said. 
 
Contrary to her claim of being drug-free on the show, the former beauty queen pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a drug in 2012. 
 
She did so in exchange for prosecutors dismissing other charges including unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and one ounce or less of marijuana. 
 
She was ordered to stay out of trouble and undergo drug counselling. According to court records, Rees managed to complete the counselling. 

MORE National ARTICLES

Quebec Shooting Leaves Two People Dead, One Injured

Quebec Shooting Leaves Two People Dead, One Injured
MARIEVILLE, Que. — Two people are dead and another has suffered serious injuries following a shooting in Quebec on Wednesday evening.

Quebec Shooting Leaves Two People Dead, One Injured

Tobacco Companies To Fight Ruling Forcing Them To Make Initial $1-Billion Payout

Tobacco Companies To Fight Ruling Forcing Them To Make Initial $1-Billion Payout
MONTREAL — The country's largest tobacco companies are set to return to court today to fight a ruling that they must pay out more than a billion dollars in settlement money in the coming weeks.

Tobacco Companies To Fight Ruling Forcing Them To Make Initial $1-Billion Payout

U.S. One Step Closer To Extraditing Accused Chinese Hacker From Canada

U.S. One Step Closer To Extraditing Accused Chinese Hacker From Canada
VANCOUVER — The United States has vaulted another hurdle in its bid to extradite a Chinese national living in British Columbia who is accused by the FBI of pilfering American military trade secrets.

U.S. One Step Closer To Extraditing Accused Chinese Hacker From Canada

Appeal Court Won't Order New Trial For Calgary Woman Who Put Newborns In Garbage

Appeal Court Won't Order New Trial For Calgary Woman Who Put Newborns In Garbage
CALGARY — Alberta's highest court has upheld two infanticide convictions for a Calgary woman who threw her newborns in the garbage.

Appeal Court Won't Order New Trial For Calgary Woman Who Put Newborns In Garbage

Ontario Fur Farmers Rattled After Thousands Of Mink Let Out During Two Break-ins

Ontario Fur Farmers Rattled After Thousands Of Mink Let Out During Two Break-ins
TORONTO — Fur farmers in southwestern Ontario are rattled after more than 8,000 mink were released during two recent break-ins.

Ontario Fur Farmers Rattled After Thousands Of Mink Let Out During Two Break-ins

Soldiers In Bright- Orange Coveralls Fight Fires In Northern Saskatchewan

Soldiers In Bright- Orange Coveralls Fight Fires In Northern Saskatchewan
MONTREAL LAKE, Sask. — Soldiers are digging up hot spots and plowing through dense brush and blackened trees as they continue to protect the remote Saskatchewan community of Montreal Lake.

Soldiers In Bright- Orange Coveralls Fight Fires In Northern Saskatchewan