WARSAW — An alleged drug deal at a hotel in Warsaw, resulted in the arrest of a Mishawaka woman on a warrant and local drug charges along with a Mishawaka man and Elkhart man.

Nicole Miarie Doty, 26, 726 Prism Valley Drive, Mishawaka, has officially been charged with possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor. She was arrested Aug. 28 and held on $5,250 surety and cash bond, and transferred to Marion County on a warrant.

Kevin Scarberry, 30, 58809 State St., Mishawaka, and Austin Hairell, 23, 28467 Alfred Court, Elkhart, were also arrested that day. Scarberry was initially charged with possession of meth and possession of a syringe for a legend drug. His bond was set at $5,250 surety and cash. Hairell was initially charged with false informing and held on $600 cash bond.

According to the police report police were called for a report of intimidation at the Holiday Inn. The victim had gone to a nearby business to wait for police. Police were told by the victim he was staying at the Holiday Inn and his former wife brought two males to the motel to assault him.

Police saw two males and two females around the victim’s hotel room. Doty was identified as one of the individuals along with Scarberry, and an individual who stated he was Steven Willard. It was later determined Willard was Hairell. The former wife of the victim had left the area when she saw police arrive.

Police learned there was an arrest warrant for Doty out of Marion County and upon her arrest police found two glass smoking devices that contained residue and two plastic bags containing a crystal substance. Both tested positive for meth.

When police spoke with Scarberry and Hairell they learned they had arrived in Scarberry’s vehicle. An exterior search of the vehicle was conducted by a Warsaw officer and his K-9 partner, which hit on the vehicle for drugs. Police found a clear plastic bag containing a residue that tested positive for methamphetamine and a hypodermic needle.

Upon further questioning, Hairell advised Doty asked him to go to Warsaw with her friend, Scarberry, to purchase methamphetamine from the victim’s former wife. While contact was made with the female, he did not hear the conversation and no one ever entered the hotel room. Scarberry told police a similar story.

When police searched the hotel room of the victim, they found two digital scales and two pieces of cut straw. The items tested positive for methamphetamine.