Seaborn Larson

Great Falls Tribune

Police arrested a man Wednesday after he unknowingly dropped a bag of heroin on the floor of a Great Falls casino, according to court documents.

Dylan Hayes Stephens, 41, is charged with criminal possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, both felonies, as well as carrying a concealed weapon.

If convicted, he faces a possible $51,000 fine and a maximum six years imprisonment.

An employee at Lucky Lil’s at 1401 10th Ave. S. told Great Falls police he saw a customer dropping a small baggie of what looked like heroin on the ground. The employee picked it up and called police while the customer, later identified by police as Stephens, continued gambling, according to court documents.

Two officers arrested Stephens at the casino and allegedly found three more small bindles of what appeared to be heroin, a syringe and “a brass knuckle/knife weapon,” according to police reports. The heroin weighed 1.8 grams, according to court documents.

According to charging documents, Stephens has been convicted of theft, criminal trespass to vehicles, obstructing a police officer and theft of a nonferrous metal, which are non-magnetic metals like aluminum and copper. Court documents state these convictions occurred in Montana and Georgia, in addition to a drug possession conviction in Michigan.

The state requested his bail bet set at $10,000.