Two $50,000 bench warrants have been issued for a Kalispell man who failed to appear for two hearings Thursday in Flathead District Court.

Chauncey Bradley, 22, was scheduled to be arraigned on a felony charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and to appear on a petition to revoke his prior two-year, deferred sentence on a conviction for felony issuing a bad check.

Bradley’s attorney, John Quatman, initially said his client had a travel permit for a visit to Washington, but had not yet returned, but Flathead County Deputy Attorney Alison Howard refuted the claim.

Howard said the condition’s of Bradley’s prior sentence included that he not leave the state without the permission of his probation officer. She said that officer told Bradley he could not leave, to which Bradley allegedly responded that he did not care.

It was also reported that Bradley has been charged with drunk driving while on probation.

Quatman said he had not heard of the probation officer’s statements to Bradley.

“It comes as a surprise to me,” he said.

Howard added that regardless of whether the travel permit was approved or not, it required Bradley to be back by Feb. 18.

Bradley’s stepfather was present during the hearing, and addressed the court briefly at the end, saying that Bradley was actually believed to be in Oregon, not Washington, as was listed in the travel permit.

The arraignment and petition to revoke hearings were rescheduled for March 6.

A document in Bradley’s drug possession case alleges he was found in a vehicle on Dec. 31, 2013, and arrested on a warrant.

Aluminum foil pieces allegedly were located near him, a piece of foil with burnt residue allegedly was found in his pocket, and a plastic vial containing a white, powdery substance and more foil with burnt residue were found in a backpack in his possession.

Initial testing of the residue was reportedly consistent with heroin.

Later that evening, a detention officer at the Flathead County Detention Center contacted the officer and reported that an inmate allegedly had seen Bradley remove heroin from his rectum and put it in the sink in his cell. Officers found a clear vial with a white, powdery substance in the cell bathroom.

That substance was believed to be synthetic urine for faking a negative urinalysis drug test result.

The vial was reportedly the same as the one allegedly found in Bradley’s backpack and appeared to have blood on it. Another piece of bloody foil with burnt residue was allegedly found stuck to Bradley’s foot when he was confronted about the vial.

If convicted, Bradley faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000, as well as revocation of his deferred sentence.