Rome News-Tribune

Three arrested on meth traffickin­g charges Cave Spring police arrest two on multiple drug charges

- Doug Walker, associate editor

Police arrested three individual­s and confiscate­d more than an ounce of meth and three firearms during the execution of a search warrant Thursday night at a home in Silver Creek.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Bennie Brodrick Duvall III, 33; Jyesica Leigh Fowler, 31, of Adairsvill­e; and Sydney Nichole Parris, 20, of Chatsworth, were arrested at a residence at 1398 Abrams Road on Thursday evening.

Investigat­ors found methamphet­amine packaged for resale, digital scales, smoking devices, three firearms and a stolen motorcycle.

All three have been charged with felony traffickin­g in illegal drugs, possession of meth with the intent to distribute, possession of meth, theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Duvall is also being held without bond on probation and parole violations.

Parris and Duvall were charged with possession of a weapon during an attempt to commit a crime. All three are charged with misdemeano­r possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related objects.

Two women face multiple felony charges after Cave Spring Police stopped a vehicle without a proper license plate Thursday afternoon just after 3 a.m., reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Christina Nicole Paynter, 27, of Cave Spring, and Lacinda Ann Davis, 30, of Rome, were arrested by Cave Spring police near the intersecti­on of

Rome Road and Davis Road on Thursday afternoon.

Officers recovered more than an ounce of marijuana, a glass smoking pipe with suspected meth, plastic bags, digital scales, several alprazolam pills and a 9mm handgun with the serial number scratched out.

Both women are charged with felony possession of methamphet­amine, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance, possession of a firearm during an attempt to commit a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of an article with an altered identifica­tion number and misdemeano­rs for possession of drug-related objects.

Paynter is also charged with operating a vehicle without a license plate.

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