Some face additional drug possession and distribution charges and/or related firearms offenses. The federal indictment was unsealed Wednesday in court.
NEWTON –The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force moved closer to completion of a six month long investigation, arresting at least 50 people on Wednesday. The arrest happened around 9:30 a.m. when deputies with Catawba’s … The 14 defendants were involved in a drug conspiracy from 2018 until April 2019 that trafficked and distributed methamphetamine in Catawba, Lincoln, Caldwell and Alexander counties and elsewhere in Western North Carolina, according to allegations contained in the criminal indictment. A local Fox 8 news article just revealed that Catawba County law enforcement authorities have uncovered a large poppy plant operation. Kimberly Deann Bumgarner, 54, was arrested after a joint investigation between the Catawba County Sheriff’s office, Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, Newton Police Department and Lenoir Police Department. CATAWBA COUNTY, NC (WBTV) - Warrants have been issued for 100 people in connection with a drug bust in Catawba County Wednesday morning. Together, through our partnerships with the DEA and the United States Attorney’s Office, we are fighting this battle as a united front,” said Sheriff Donald G. Brown II, of the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office. HICKORY, N.C. – Nearly two dozen people were indicted in a drug trafficking bust in Catawba County this week. In June, federal law enforcement officials completed the largest drug bust in the history of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The massive investigation spanned from Georgia to Western North Carolina. Farley, who had an outstanding arrest for communicating threats, was at the wheel.Deputies on scene attempted to apprehend Farley, but they say the 30-year-old physically resisted arrest. Garica, Olmos and Proffitt are currently incarcerated in the Catawba County Detention Center.Crispin Fair, 50, has also been charged in the case.
— A six-month local, state and federal investigation has led to the arrests of four men and the seizure of 6,800 pounds of marijuana in Catawba County, authorities are saying. Garica, Olmos and Proffitt are currently incarcerated in the Catawba County Detention Center.Crispin Fair, 50, has also been charged in the case. “The trafficking of methamphetamine into our country and its spread through our communities is a national crisis,” Catawba County Sheriff Donald G. Brown II said. He is facing trafficking heroin charges. Authorities seized at least 23 firearms and more than $250,000 in “drug proceeds.” All the defendants were charged with conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, which carries a statutory minimum prison term of 10 years and a maximum term of life in prison and a $10 million fine. He also was served with an outstanding warrant for communicating threats.He is being held on $801,500 bond inside the Catawba County Jail.One person has died following an early-morning shooting early Friday morning at a Cook Out location in Myrtle Beach that left another person injured, police said.The incident happened on Elgywood Lane around 9:30 p.m. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to the scene. CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — Fourteen members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring were charged with federal drug conspiracy and related drug … The arrests are the result of a multiagency investigation targeting the trafficking of methamphetamine from Georgia into Western North Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office arrested 30-year-old Ryan Eugene Farley Thursday on charges of drug trafficking and possession of crack cocaine.