NORWICH – A pair of Syracuse residents charged with multiple felony counts of drug possession will remain in the county lockup on $20,000 and $75,000 cash bail respectively following their initial court appearances.

Shinyrra K. Legrand-Thomas, 18, 254 Calthrop St., Syracuse, is charged with two counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance – a class B felony – unlawful possession of marijuana and second degree criminal nuisance. Her boyfriend, Nathaniel Raheem Cosby, 37, 2312 Grant Blvd., Syracuse, faces the same charges, in addition to a misdemeanor charge of false personification. Both remain in custody with Legrand-Thomas being held on $20,000 cash bail.

City police, responding to a complaint of an odor of burning marijuana at the Howard Johnson hotel Tuesday night, say they first spoke with Legrand-Thomas in the hallway outside of her first-floor room. When asked if she’d been smoking marijuana, Legrand-Thomas at first said no. Asked again, she responded yes, according to police, although officers on the scene at the time said her story “changed several times” during questioning.

Allegedly, Legrand-Thomas also stated she was staying at the downtown hotel with her boyfriend, whom she originally identified using a false name. Police then escorted Legrand-Thomas to the couple’s room, where police say she unsuccessfully attempted to open the door using her card key, prompting Cosby, inside the room, to ask if she was alone. According to the officers, Legrand-Thomas responded she was in the company of police, following which both officers heard smashing, the sound of the toilet being repeatedly flushed and yells of “the door’s jammed, the door’s jammed” from inside the room.