10/03/2017
Wayne County Sheriff’s department makes ‘biggest drug bust’ to date
Arrest makes 100th since Jan. 1 when Thompson took office
Sheriff Rick Thompson today announced the arrest of two Wayne County residents at approximately 3:30 a.m. in the James River Road Community. Sheriff Thompson says WCSD Drug Enforcement Unit while working a joint investigation with the Kenova Police Department arrested Steven Crabtree and Brittany Legg.
During the search, officers seized a large amount of Heroin and Crystal Methamphetamine from the residence. The officers also seized cash, a handgun and other various drugs.
Sheriff Thompson says that “this is one of the WCSD Drug Enforcement Unit’s biggest busts to date” and adds that “this makes over one hundred felony drug arrests since January 1 of this year”.
Among the drugs seized at the residence were 69.5 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine (which carries possible 1-5 year sentence), 74.3 grams of Heroin (which carries a possible 1-15 year sentence). Along with the possession of the drugs, additional related charges are Conspiracy to Distribute more than more than 50 grams of Methamphetamine (2-30 years), Conspiracy to Deliver between 10-100 grams of Heroin (2-15 years), and Pseudoephedrine in an Altered State (2-10 years). Felony charges will be filed on both Crabtree and Legg on each count. Crabtree also faces an additional warrant from Cabell County for Possession with Intent to Deliver.
Sheriff Thompson states that the street value of the drugs seized is approximately $22,000. The WCSD Drug Enforcement Unit and Kenova Police Department were assisted by WCSD Road Officers, Task Force West and Ceredo Police Department and Sheriff Thompson complimented their combined effort in getting the drugs off our streets.
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