Three men were arrested for selling cocaine to undercover law enforcement officers at Sunpie’s Bistro in Steamboat Springs in the early morning hours Sunday, according to court documents.

Jorge Casco Escorcia, 31, was arrested just after midnight and is charged with two counts of cocaine possession with intent to distribute and one count of second-degree introducing contraband.

Juan Escobar-Bravo, 24, is charged with two counts of cocaine possession with intent to distribute, and Inmer Martinez-Lopez, 22, is charged with one count of cocaine possession with intent to distribute.

A Routt County sheriff’s deputy with the All Crimes Enforcement Team went undercover Friday to investigate “the distribution of illegal narcotics” at Sunpie’s Bistro, according to the affidavit.

The All Crimes Enforcement Team, consisting of officers from the Routt and Moffat county sheriff’s offices and the Steamboat, Craig and Hayden police departments, aims to “target the illegal possession and distribution of controlled substances and other crimes associated with these activities,” according to the All Crimes Enforcement Team agreement and memorandum of understanding.

While the deputy was undercover, Escobar-Bravo “engaged” in “small talk that led to (Escobar-Bravo) selling suspected cocaine” to the deputy just after 9 p.m., states the affidavit.

After the deputy purchased the alleged cocaine, he met up with another undercover deputy outside of O’Neil’s Tavern & Grill across the street. According to the affidavit, the substance later tested positive for cocaine and weighed 1 gram.

The same undercover deputy went back to Sunpie’s Saturday night, where Escobar-Bravo allegedly sold the deputy 3 more grams of cocaine.

The same night, the undercover deputy asked for more cocaine from Escobar-Bravo, but Escobar-Bravo said he would have to “resupply,” the affidavit states. Just after 11 p.m., Escobar-Bravo left the bar and walked to a vehicle parked on Yampa Street.

Law enforcement then saw two people — Casco Escorcia and Martinez Lopez — in the vehicle allegedly make “a hand-to-hand purchase” with Escobar-Bravo, according to the document.

After Escobar-Bravo came back to the bar, he allegedly sold the undercover deputy 3 more grams of cocaine.

Other law enforcement officers then followed the vehicle on Yampa Street to Lincoln Avenue. After initiating a traffic stop, deputies deployed a K-9 referred to as Winston.

The K-9 “positively alerted” officers that the vehicle contained narcotics, states the document. The affidavit does not indicate if drugs were found in the vehicle, but does note that cash “that matched the exact amount and denominations” that the undercover deputy gave Escobar-Bravo was found in the console.

The three men were then arrested and taken to the Routt County Jail. While going through the intake process, deputies allegedly found 4 grams of cocaine on Casco Escorcia’s person, according to the affidavit.

During a Monday bond hearing, Routt County Judge Erin Wilson set Escobar-Bravo’s bond at $1,500 cash-only.

Casco Escorcia and Martinez Lopez were not issued bonds on Monday due to scheduling issues with the court docket. Bond hearings are tentatively scheduled for this week.

As of Monday afternoon, the three men remained in Routt County Jail.

Editor’s note: Every person accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent unless and until their guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.