PORT ANGELES — A Forks couple were arrested Tuesday and charged Friday with selling methamphetamine, an Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team official said.
Arthur Akuna, 27, and his wife, Kristin Akuna, aka Hedin, 30, each were charged in Clallam County Superior Court with three counts of delivery of meth, OPNET Supervisor Jason Viada said.
Court papers allege that Arthur Akuna sold a combined 4.9 grams of meth for $60 over the course of three sales in July 2014.
Kristen Akuna allegedly participated in two of the alleged sales in a travel trailer at 101 G St. in Forks, according to the certification for probable cause.
All of the alleged sales occurred with 1,000 feet of a school bus stop.
“Additional information suggests that Arthur and/or Kristen Akuna have between 15 and 30 customers that buy methamphetamine from them,” Viada said in a news release.
The Akunas were arrested without incident Tuesday in a cooperative investigation between OPNET, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and Forks Police Department.
Charging information was furnished to both defendants Friday, court papers said.
Arthur Akuna posted a $2,000 bail bond Friday. He will be arraigned next Friday.
Kristin Akuna was released from custody on her own recognizance Wednesday. She pleaded not guilty Friday and has a trial set for July 13.
Delivery of meth
In another West End OPNET case, Leonal E. G. Chase, 33, of Forks was charged Friday with two counts of delivery of methamphetamine.
The charges were the result of an investigation in the Beaver area last July, Viada said.
OPNET officials developed probable cause to believe that Chase and his common-law wife, Dianne C. Bos, 49, also of Forks, delivered meth to an OPNET informant within 1,000 feet of a designated school bus stop.
Court papers allege that Chase sold 1.3 grams of meth for $50 last July 24 and 1.3 grams for $50 July 26.
Chase was arrested without incident Tuesday at a Forks residence.
The Bos case has been referred to the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for a charging decision, Viada said.