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Beckley correctional officer arrested on drug charges

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — A Raleigh County correctional officer is behind bars facing drug charges.

Deputies arrested James Butcher and Misty Goodwin Wednesday during a drug bust at a home in the Whispering Oaks subdivision in Fayetteville.

Deputies said they found a large amount of Roxycodone pills after executing a search warrant at the home valued between $3,000 and $4,000.

The pair allegedly got the pills in Clay County and then would sell them in Fayetteville.

Butcher is a correctional officer at the Federal Correction Institution in Beckley.

Both are charged with possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit a felony.





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