ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:35 A.M., GARLAND DOYLE BARNWELL OF BRADFORD WAS STOPPED BY INVESTIGATORS DAVID PLATT AND ALLEN EDWARDS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AFTER HE COMMITTED A TRAFFIC VIOLATION BY DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER ON JACKSON COUNTY ROAD # 2.
UPON THE INVESTIGATORS MAKING CONTACT WITH MR. BARNWELL, THE OFFICERS OBTAINED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE AND ITEMS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA INCLUDING BAGGIES AND SCALES WERE FOUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE INVESTIGATORS ALSO DISCOVERED $ 2,137.00 IN CURRENCY INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS LATER SEIZED.
UPON QUESTIONING MR. BARNWELL FURTHER, INVESTIGATORS RECOVERED
APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN (18) GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS CONCEALED ON MR. BARNWELL'S PERSON. THE INVESTIGATORS CONTINUED TO SEARCH MR. BARNWELL'S VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED LITHIUM BATTERIES, COFFEE FILTERS THAT HAD A CAMP FUEL ODOR AND TABLE SALT. THE INVESTIGATORS FURTHER QUESTIONED MR. BARNWELL AND HE ADMITTED TO BEING INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS AND HE ALSO ADMITTED TO THE INVESTIGATORS THAT THE MONEY INSIDE THE VEHICLE WAS OBTAINED FROM SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE.
ON THE SAME DATE, BARNWELL APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO DELIVER - METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF
HYDROCODONE AND POSSESSION OF ALPRAZOLAM (XANAX) WITH INTENT TO DELIVER. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $ 100,000.00 AND HE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.