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Drug task force arrests three people

9 years ago in Election, Local, Surrounding Counties

Staunton resident Gregory James Ward (picture supplied by the Skyline Drug Task Force) has been charged with being a drug dealer. Photo: WINA


(AUGUSTA COUNTY – WINA)   Two men and one woman face drug charges in the aftermath of an investigation by the Skyline Drug Task Force. A news release from the task force says marijuana was found Wednesday morning in a van in Augusta County.

The 40-year-old driver, Gregory James Ward of Staunton, and his 39-year-old passenger, Shannon Nichole Farrar of Stuarts Draft, are accused of being drug dealers.  The task force also arrested 32-year-old Kevin Kartheiser later that day in Nelson County. Kartheiser is accused of having an indoor marijuana growing operation in his house.

Ward and Farrar are in the Middle River Regional Jail, and Kartheiser was released on bond.

 

Tags: Gregory James Ward, Kevin Kartheiser, Shannon Nichole Farrar

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