Dashard Brown, 29 - charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine.

The Department of Justice says a federal grand jury indicted these 17 individuals as part of a large-scale drug conspiracy that distributed more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in and around the Charlottesville region. Kavanaugh, DEA Special Agent in Charge Jared Forget, and several police chiefs held a press conference at the federal courthouse in Charlottesville Thursday, September 7. (WVIR) - Authorities say a total of 19 people have been charged with drug trafficking in the Charlottesville area: 17 were charged via grand jury indictment, and were were arrested on criminal complaints during the search warrants Late Tuesday deputies arrested Tim Dodd for allegedly possessing 46 marijuana plants and two pounds of packaged marijuana.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. 'We’ve been unraveling a big case that's still ongoing and we will get to the core,' said Lippa. “When they have that much firepower, one thinks, ‘why do they have it?’' said Lippa.Īs the sun set over Lake Anna it was calm and quiet in the community again, two days removed from a raid that Caroline deputies tout as the biggest marijuana bust in their county's history. More than 5,000 pounds of marijuana worth $3.25 million have been confiscated along with assault rifles and hand guns.

Investigators are still tracking a trail that could go into Canada. “This will stretch out to as far as the other side of the United States,' said Lippa. “So our narcotics guys got search warrants.'ĭeputies say those warrants that pinpointed Andrew Yates and Steven Paine of Spotsylvania as two major players in trafficking marijuana.

“As a result of that arrest, she saw some marijuana deals going in and out of that house,” said Sheriff Tony Lippa. Narcotics investigators sniffed out the super-sized stash after a Caroline County deputy making a petit larceny arrest last year stumbled upon what turned out to be a drug intelligence gold mine. “I’m kind of amazed it would go on around here,' said Randy Jackson who lives nearby. It all now belongs to two local sheriff departments after a massive drug bust at a lakefront property off Outer Banks Lane.

The booty collected by law enforcement looks like items out of a hot rod magazine: motorcycles, boats, antique cars. Caroline investigators, along with Spotsylvania deputies and federal agents, uncovered a multi-million dollar drug operation after a simple petit larceny call.

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