Cashmere woman's drug trafficking charges transferred to federal court

Federal prosecutors are taking on the case of a Cashmere woman accused of selling methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Allicianna Lynnzie Clark, 30, was indicted in U.S. District Court on charges of possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm while trafficking in drugs and being a felon in possession of a firearm .

Yakima County prosecutors were fired without prejudice charges of unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine with intent to deliver and elude police. By dismissing the charges without prejudice, prosecutors retain the right to refile them if necessary.

A Yakima police officer spotted a car with expired license plates on North First Street around 7:10 a.m. on August 5. The officer followed the car into the driveway at a fast food restaurant in the 1000 block of North First Street. , And a store employee saw Clark, the driver of the car, pass a large paper bagThis is evident from a statement about the probable cause submitted by the police.

Clark appeared to be putting things in the bag as a man walked up to the car and grabbed the passenger door handle, the affidavit said. The officer turned on his lights and used the loudspeaker of his patrol vehicle to tell the man not to get into the car, the affidavit said, and the man took off.

When the restaurant employee refused to take Clark’s bag, she drove off, with the officer in hot pursuit, as the chase reached speeds of 50 mph in a residential area, the affidavit said.

The officer broke off the pursuit for safety reasons, the affidavit said, but followed the car to an alley in the 500 block of North Sixth Street, and Clark to a nearby yard.

She was arrested and officers discovered the paper bag contained a backpack containing a 9mm Glock 19 pistol with an extended magazine and ammunition, the affidavit said. Officers also found plastic baggies containing 125.1 grams of methamphetamine, 25 grams of fentanyl powder and 6 grams of cocaine.

Clark has previous convictions for second-degree assault, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, first-degree theft, retail theft with extenuating circumstances, residential burglary, attempted first- and second-degree robbery.

In 2017, Clark was involved in an attempted robbery that ended when she was injured during a shootout with her intended victims.

According to prosecutors, she was released from prison in March and was found not to be abiding by the terms of her community detention.