Net patrols Drugs, firearms – CCN

Patrols near Green Acres and Tabor City discovered four firearms and multiple illegal drugs in two separate incidents Friday.

The report states that officers patrolling the Green Acres neighborhood noticed a Chrysler vehicle failing to stop at a stop sign and turned on their lights. Marcus Shawn Lowery, 45, of Fairmont was driving the vehicle and told deputies he did not have a driver’s license but had a state ID.

When Lowery was asked if deputies could search the car, Lowery replied there was nothing illegal inside and the report indicated there was a gun between the seats. During the search, a Taurus .22 handgun and a destroyed prescription bottle containing 6.35 grams of oxycodone were located. The report says Lowery told deputies the drugs belonged to him.

A records check revealed that Lowery is a convicted felon and ineligible to possess a firearm. He was charged with two counts of trafficking in opiates and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon and held on $100,000 bond.

In an unrelated arrest a short time later, three other men, also from Fairmont, were arrested near the town of Tabor.

Timothy Lee Grissett, 40, was charged with altering or deleting the serial number of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon. His bail was set at $15,000.

Trysten Pickett, 18, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a stolen firearm. He was held under a $5,000 secured bond.

Caleb Stephens, 22, was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. His bail was set at $7,500.

The report says officers seized a .22 caliber revolver, an A Ruger LCP pistol and an SCCY handgun, as well as 18.6 grams of marijuana, 1.09 grams of crack cocaine, scales and drug packaging bags for sale.