| July 24,
2002 |
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| Task
Force Reports Several Drug Arrests |
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| Four people were arrested Tuesday afternoon in
separate drug busts in the county, according to investigators with the Burke
County Narcotics Task Force. |
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Detectives charged Richard
Kyle Orr, 23, of P.O. Box 1133, Robbinsville, N.C.; and Tiffany Nicole Mason,
19, of P.O. Box 779, Andrews, N.C. with possession with intent to sell and
deliver methamphetamine after a vehicle stop by the Burke County Sheriff's
Office and the N.C. State Highway Patrol.
Officers report they received
a call concerning a suspected drunk driver traveling east from McDowell County.
A Burke County deputy and |
Richard Orr |
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| NCSHP officer located the suspect's car and
stopped it near the 106 exit. |
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Orr, who was the driver of
the vehicle, reportedly attempted to run as he exited the car but was
quickly apprehended.
The vehicle and Mason were searched, which resulted
in officers finding suspected illegal narcotics. Investigators with the Burke
County Narcotics Task Force were called to the scene and determined the drugs
to be a pure form of methamphetamine referred to on the streets as "Ice",
according to one detective. |
Tiffany Mason |
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| In addition to drug charges, Orr was charged
with driving while impaired, careless and reckless driving, and resisting an
officer. Both Orr and Mason were placed under $25,000 secured bonds and will
have a first court appearance today. |
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William Carswell |
In an unrelated incident
Tuesday, officers charged William Thomas Carswell, 33, of 100 Brookwood Church
Road, Morganton; and Foy Ellis Deal, 52, of 2866 Pope Drive, Morganton with
drug offenses after they were arrested at a medical center in
Hildebran.
Investigators say Carswell was attempting to obtain a
prescription for Oxycontin from Hildebran Medical Center when they arrested him
on an unrelated warrant. The warrant alleged Carswell |
obtained a prescription for Oxycontin on June 26th by
fraudulent means of identification. The prescription was reportedly obtained
from Western Piedmont Clinic. |
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Foy Deal |
Deal was providing
transportation for Carswell to the Hildebran Medical Center and was found in
possession of what officers described as a "trafficking quantity" of
Oxycontin.
Carswell was charged with felonious obtaining property by
false pretenses, and Deal was charged with trafficking in controlled
substances. Carswell was jailed on a $15,000 secured bond and Deal's bond was
set at $25,000. Both men have a first court appearance Wednesday. |
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| In another matter, investigators with the Task
Force located seven marijuana plants during a search on Tuesday after
receiving an anonymous tip. |
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| The plants were found in a wooded area on County
Line Road, growing in large cardboard barrels. Several bags of fertilizer and
potting soil were located within a few feet of the barrels. There is a suspect
in the case and charges are pending as the investigation continues. |
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