Three Grand Junction residents were arrested Thursday evening after the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office Major Offender Task Force (MOTF) located a wanted parole absconder inside a hotel room and uncovered a large quantity of suspected methamphetamine along with a handgun and ammunition.
According to the sheriff’s office, investigators received information on December 18, 2025, that Jason Soper, 38, was staying at a hotel in the 700 block of Horizon Drive. Soper was wanted for absconding from parole following a multi-year conviction involving multiple drug and weapons offenses.
Around 7:00 p.m., members of the MOTF attempted to contact Soper in a hotel room. After repeated loud-hail announcements, Soper exited the room and was taken into custody without incident. Two other adults inside the room—Kyle Billings, 38, and Saleah Campbell, 29—were also arrested without incident.
During a search of the room, deputies found more than three-quarters of a pound of a white crystalline substance preliminarily identified as methamphetamine. Investigators also recovered drug-distribution paraphernalia, a handgun, and several hundred rounds of ammunition.
All three suspects were transported to the Mesa County Detention Facility and booked on the following charges:
Jason Soper, 38, of Grand Junction
- Distribution/Manufacture/Possession with Intent to Distribute >225 Grams of a Schedule I/II drug or >112 Grams Meth, Heroin, Ketamine, Cathoinone, or >50 Milligrams of Flunitrazipam, Drug Felony 1
- Unlawful Possession of >4 Grams Controlled Substance Schedule I/II Drug, Flunitrazipam, Ketamine, or GHB, Drug Felony 4
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Drug Petty Offense
- Parole Violation
Kyle Billings, 38, of Grand Junction
- Distribution/Manufacture/Possession with Intent to Distribute >225 Grams of a Schedule I/II drug or >112 Grams Meth, Heroin, Ketamine, Cathoinone, or >50 Milligrams of Flunitrazipam, Drug Felony 1
- Distribution/Manufacture/Possession with Intent to Distribute >225 Grams of a Schedule I/II drug or >112 Grams Meth, Heroin, Ketamine, Cathoinone, or >50 Milligrams of Flunitrazipam, Drug Felony 1
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Drug Petty Offense
Saleah Campbell, 29, of Grand Junction
- Distribution/Manufacture/Possession with Intent to Distribute >225 Grams of a Schedule I/II drug or >112 Grams Meth, Heroin, Ketamine, Cathoinone, or >50 Milligrams of Flunitrazipam, Drug Felony 1
- Unlawful Possession of >4 Grams Controlled Substance Schedule I/II Drug, Flunitrazipam, Ketamine, or GHB, Drug Felony 4
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Drug Petty Offense
- Failure to Appear Warrant
Photos by Mesa County Sheriff’s Office