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Drug Arrest Made on Two Boyd Residents
The Wise County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Boyd Police Department in
executing a search warrant at a residence on Smith Road, in Boyd. On November
19, 2007 the Boyd Police Department officers, while executing a felony arrest
warrant at the residence, observed drug paraphernalia at the residence.
Officers secured the residence and called for
assistance from the Wise County narcotics officers. A search warrant was
requested and executed at the residence and numerous items were found in the
residence. The two men who stated they lived at the residence, Michael J.
Barnett, 24, of Boyd and Dustin C Mayhue, 25, also of Boyd, will have felony
charges filed on them.
While searching a bathroom in the residence, officers found a metal
smoking pipe and four empty plastic baggies next to the toilet. The narcotics
officer lifted the toilet seat and saw a crystal like substance (suspected
methamphetamine) in the bottom of the toilet. There was a small plastic bag
floating in the toilet. The liquid was removed from the toilet along with the
crystal like substance (suspected methamphetamines) and placed it into a glass
container.
The search of the residence resulted in locating syringes, two plastic
containers containing a clear liquid (suspected anabolic steroids), a glass
smoking bong, numerous plastic bags and a container that had a green leafy
substance (suspected marijuana) in it.
The
narcotics officers ran field test on the substances that were located at the
residence and all presented a positive reaction to the test. Michael Barnett was
arrested on un-related charge. Michael
Barnett will have four charges total, including two charges of possession of a
controlled substance under 400 grams and the second possession of a controlled
substance over 4 grams but less than 400grams. Dustin Mayhue will have two charges total, the first charge is possession of a controlled substance400grams and the second, possession of a controlled substance over 4 grams but less than 200 grams.
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