LSD, Magic Mushrooms Seized During SK Drug Bust

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI - A South Kingstown man was arrested Thursday and charged with narcotics possession after police found multiple illegal drugs and cash in his Tower Hill Road home on Thursday. Throughout the month of March, South Kingstown police say they have been investigating John Othote, 48, who was also wanted for failing to pay child support.

Police arrived at Othote's home around 8 a.m., and found him in his bedroom. A further search of the room uncovered containers of marijuana, LSD, MDMA and hallucinogenic mushrooms, as well as packaging materials, and electronic scale and an unknown amount of cash.

At the time of his arrest, Othote also had an active arrest warrant against him from family court for not paying child support, which ordered that he be held without bail.

Othote is facing the following charges:

• Failure to pay child support
• Possession with intent to Deliver Schedule I/II (Lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD)
• Possession with intent to Deliver Schedule I/II (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, better known as MDMA)
• Possession with intent to Deliver Schedule I/II (Psilocybin mushrooms, better known as magic mushrooms)
• Possession with intent to Deliver Schedule I/II (Marijuana)

Othote was arraigned in Fourth District Court on Thursday and ordered held at the ACI in Cranston until his next court appearance on March 27.