Charges dismissed against Vancouver woman arrested in drug raid

Charges have been dismissed pending further investigation against a Vancouver woman who was arrested Oct. 2 during a raid of a Sifton-area home by the Clark-Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force.

Katelynn M. Misener, 24, was arrested and held in the Clark County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail on suspicion of a February methamphetamine possession, which, investigators say, was unrelated to the raid at 7120 N.E. 131st Ave.

“We had a suppression issue that made it such that we didn’t file charges on that February case,” said Clark County Deputy Prosecutor Scott Ikata.

Misener and her landlord, Leslie E. Dyson, 45, who owns the home, also are suspects in a drug trafficking investigation, which prompted the Oct. 2 raid, according to a search warrant affidavit by Clark County sheriff’s Detective Brian Kessel.

But charges connected with that investigation have not yet been filed.

During the raid, law enforcement seized evidence and arrested 12 of the 19 people found inside the house, including Misener. All of the other arrests were related to either warrants or probation violations.

Mike Cooke, who heads the regional drug task force, said the raid set an “unofficial record” with the most number of people located at a single search warrant location.