Three arrested on drug charges after search of Cary home

Three men face drug charges after police said they found cocaine and methamphetamine while executing a search warrant at a Cary home Monday night.

David J. Derita Jr., 42, and Kurt M. Niezgoda, 31, both of the 1300 block of Geneva Lane in Cary, and William B. Roach, 33, of Elgin, are charged with unlawful possession of drugs, court records show.

Derita is charged with possession and possession with intent to deliver one to 15 grams of cocaine and possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine, according to records and authorities.

Roach is charged with possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, obstructing justice, resisting a police officer, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of unsecured marijuana in a vehicle, court records show.

He was seen leaving the residence just prior to the execution of the warrant, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Communications Specialist Emily Matusek-Baker wrote in an email. Roach was later found by police in a traffic stop, officials said.

According to the criminal complaint against Roach, he destroyed physical evidence while being detained by smashing a “crack pipe” from his pocket on the ground.

Niezgoda is charged with possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine, according to court documents.

Derita was ordered detained pending his next court appearance Feb. 4. Roach and Niezgoda were released with pretrial supervision and conditions that include not leaving the state without court approval and submitting to random drug tests.

The village of Cary sent out a Facebook alert at 10:32 p.m. Monday saying there was police activity near New Haven and Collins drives and that authorities were “searching for subjects that fled from a residence in the area.”

An investigation is ongoing as several individuals fled the area on foot before police arrived Monday night, Matusek-Baker said.