LOGAN — A former candidate for the Logan Municipal Council has confessed to possessing a large amount of drugs and other crimes. Erin Elisabeth Bennett has been in the Cache County Jail since police found a large container of marijuana in her home along with packing equipment.
Bennett appeared April 28 in Logan’s 1st District Court. She accepted a plea deal in four cases, pleading guilty to three felonies of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, and misdemeanors of interference with arresting officers and stalking. As part of the plea resolution, 11 remaining charges were dismissed.
According to prosecutors, the Cache Rich Drug Task Force served a warrant to Bennett’s home on February 3. She originally refused to let them in or cooperate with their search of the residence.
Agents report they found a “large grey container” in the laundry room of the home. Inside were several large plastic sealed bags of marijuana. A smaller, sealed bag of the same drug was found in a back bedroom.
Officers also located packaging material equipment, suggesting it has been used for distributing marijuana. A small grinder, THC vape and other drug paraphernalia were found in the home too.
Bennett was originally arrested in July 2022 after agents with the Cache Rich Drug Task Force served a warrant to her home. Police had received an anonymous tip several months earlier, reporting she was dealing marijuana.
Law enforcement obtained a warrant to place a tracker on her car after a K-9 detected drugs in the vehicle.
Police reported Bennett’s car was then tracked driving to California and Oregon.
Task force agents were waiting for Bennett when she returned to Logan. They searched her car and found close to five pounds of psilocybin mushrooms and $14,000 in a suitcase. They later obtained a warrant to search her home where they found 300 doses of LSD and several marijuana plants.
Bennett is being held in jail without bail. She is scheduled to be sentenced June 9, and could face up to 15 years in prison.
Bennett was one of six candidates to run in the November 2023 General Election, vying for three open seats on the Logan Municipal Council. She came in last, getting only 7 percent of the votes. During a debate, she spoke about her life as a recovering drug addict.