Authorities arrested a Northwest College student last week on allegations that he had heroin shipped to campus with the intent of selling it.

Jonathon R. Chevrier, 20, was taken into custody by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation on Wednesday morning, shortly after claiming a package that allegedly had contained a couple grams of heroin.

Chevrier, who was living on campus, has been charged with a felony count of attempting to possess a controlled substance with intent to deliver it. He also faces a felony count of delivering a controlled substance for allegedly selling $20 worth of marijuana to a DCI informant on March 28.

Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Bruce Waters set Chevrier’s bond at $25,000 cash at a Friday morning hearing after listening to arguments from Deputy Park County Prosecuting Attorney Leda Pojman.

Pojman noted the allegations that Chevrier was exposing young people at Northwest College to multiple types of drugs.

“The state’s definitely not impressed with that,” Pojman said. In addition to being “very dangerous to the community,” the prosecutor argued Chevrier is a flight risk because he’s crossed state lines to obtain drugs — specifically, he’s alleged to have gotten marijuana in Montana — and has “numerous contacts throughout the United States.”

“That sounds a little over-the-top, with all due respect, to me, sir,” said Chevrier, when the judge gave him a chance to respond. “Everything that was just stated seems like it was a little overreacted.”

For his part, Waters said the allegation of selling marijuana was “fairly serious.” As for allegedly receiving a box of heroin, “suddenly it’s more serious,” the judge said. “So I think the state’s recommendations are appropriate.”

Waters added that, “certainly, this does pose a danger to the public.”

Charging documents suggest DCI’s investigation began in early February, when someone identified in court documents as “Confidential Informant #36169” spoke to agents about Chevrier. In an affidavit filed in support of the charges, DCI Special Agent Darrell Steward says the informant claimed that Chevrier — who they knew only as “JR” — was selling various drugs to college kids.

A couple days later, a second person — identified as Confidential Informant #72576 — told Steward that they thought Chevrier was selling marijuana.

That second informant spoke with DCI again in March, reporting that Chevrier had returned from spring break with multiple ounces of marijuana from Billings; the informant further alleged that Chevrier was attempting to get heroin shipped to him from California.

On March 28, Steward had that informant buy a gram of marijuana from Chevrier for $20. The transaction was conducted in Chevrier’s Pontiac Bonneville, while he parked in downtown Powell, around 4:30 p.m.

During the sale, “Chevrier commented that he hated selling marijuana” because “there was not enough profit for the amount of work he had to do,” Steward wrote of the recorded conversation.

Chevrier then asked about local prices for heroin. The informant — who’d previously used the drug — replied “that there was a high demand for it and very few distributors in the area,” Steward wrote.

Later, the informant told DCI that Chevrier would be getting some heroin by mail.

A package from someone in Mammoth Lakes, California, arrived for Chevrier on April 4. Chevrier stopped by the Northwest College mail office two times that day to try picking it up, Steward wrote, but college staff had apparently been told to hold the package for law enforcement.

Powell Police Officer Reece McLain and his drug dog Zeke were then summoned to the mail office. Zeke was presented with four packages: three random boxes and the one shipped to Chevrier. The K9 reportedly alerted to the odor of narcotics on Chevrier’s package and authorities got a warrant from Judge Waters to search it.

Inside the box, DCI agents found three hats and a plastic bag containing what appeared to be 2.8 grams of heroin. The agents seized the suspected drugs, then re-sealed the box with a copy of the search warrant inside.

The next morning, Steward returned the box to the mail room and Chevrier was notified that his package had arrived. Immediately after getting the box and exiting the Orendroff Building, DCI agents stopped Chevrier and arrested him; when questioned about the shipment, Chevrier said the box was a “care package” and that he thought it held clothing, Steward wrote.

While Chevrier was being booked into the jail, Zeke alerted to the scent of narcotics coming from Chevrier’s Pontiac and DCI obtained another warrant for the vehicle. Inside, the agents reportedly found a black case with marijuana crumbs, a digital scale, several empty packs of tablets with Oriental markings and $940 in cash, mostly in $20 bills.

A preliminary hearing in Chevrier’s case is tentatively set for April 17.