Two of three people charged after a July 21 heroin arrest pleaded not guilty in Mower County District Court Monday.

Tyrone Alexander Bennett, 37, pleaded not guilty to third-degree sale of a narcotic drug, and Miguel Hernandez-Miller, 23, pleaded not guilty to fifth-degree drug possession.

Brianna Leigh Capretz, 22, was also charged with fifth-degree drug possession and appeared in court Monday, but she did not enter a plea.

Austin police executed a search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation at 12:25 p.m. July 21 at a home on the 200 block of First Street Southeast.

According to court records, Bennett was apprehended shortly after police saw him leave the residence, and police found Capretz and Hernandez-Miller smoking heroin with an open bag of heroin between them in a back bedroom of Bennett’s apartment.

The two were apprehended, and Capretz told officers she had two more bags of heroin in her purse. Police seized the heroin, $375 on Bennett, two Motorola cell phones and various heroin paraphernalia.

According to court records, Capretz admitted to buying heroin from Bennett and smoked it with Hernandez-Miller, adding they planned to smoke before walking back to Hernandez-Miller’s home. She allegedly told officers she bought three bags of heroin around noon for $150 and that she’d bought heroin from Bennett several times before. She also told police she witnessed other sales.

Hernandez-Miller confirmed to police that Capretz bought the heroin and that he smoked with her.

Bennett denied selling heroin to Capretz and Hernandez-Miller, but he claimed he has sex with heroin users at his residence — adding he was not a dealer but obtained heroin for people who needed it, according to the court complaint.

Capretz is scheduled to appear next in court on Aug. 11. Hernandez-Miller is set for a March 3, 2017, pre-trial and March 13, 2017, jury trial.

Bennett’s next court date has not been set.

—Alex Smith contributed to this report.