Published: Jan 22, 2012 12:00 AM
Modified: Jan 21, 2012 11:06 PM
ZEBULON - The joint work of four local law enforcement agencies resulted in the Jan. 5 arrest of four Zebulon residents who now face a variety of drug charges including possession with intent to sell LSD and marijuana.
All four are residents of 1237 Spruce Drive in the Pineview subdivision, where police say more than $15,000 worth of drugs was seized in a search of the home.
Brandon Tyler Stewart, 27, was charged with maintaining a dwelling to keep or sell a controlled substance, trafficking LSD and possession with intent to sell LSD. Cheri Elizabeth Hall, 26, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, trafficking LSD and possession with intent to sell LSD.
Ryan Scott Whitman, 33, was charged with maintaining a dwelling to keep or sell a marijuana and possession with intent to sell marijuana. Matthew Adrian Chambers, 27, was charged with maintaining a dwelling to keep or sell a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of oxycodone.
Zebulon Police Lt. Scott Finch said the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, and the Cary, Raleigh and Zebulon police departments came together with common information on one resident of the property. He refused to identify the individual police originally targeted.
Zebulon police were able to establish probable cause and obtain a search warrant from the Wake County Magistrate’s Office. After conducting the search of the house, the four residents were arrested around noon that day.
“It was a house that was under suspicion for drug activity,” Finch said. “Violations of drug law established probable cause. It was a relatively short, but detailed investigation.”
When police entered the house they found 2,676 individual hits of LSD valued at $13,380, and 460 grams — just over a pound — of marijuana valued at $2,000-$2,500. They also found devices for smoking marijuana and packaging supplies consistent with those typically used by drug dealers.
Finch said it did not appear the house was being used as a laboratory to make drugs. He said the four arrests were made without incident.
Of the four who were arrested, Whitman is the only person who has a history of similar crime — dating back to 1995. He most recently served four months in jail 2010 after violating probation on a 2006 conviction for delivering or selling a Schedule II controlled substance, according to North Carolina Department of Correction records.
As of Wednesday, Chambers was the only one of the four released from the Wake County Jail. He posted a $25,000 secured bond on Jan. 6. The other three remained in custody — Hall under an $800,000 secured bond, Stewart under a $300,000 secured bond, and Whitman under a $10,000 secured bond.