PREMIER, W.Va. — McDowell County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man on several gun and drug charges following a search warrant at a Premier home.
Deputies worked with the state police’s Welch Detachment and the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force to investigate a home on Monday night. Authorities said they discovered suspected crack cocaine, suspected fentanyl, more than $1,2000, and two guns in the home.
Officers arrested Mario Kearse on six charges: possession with intent to deliver fentanyl, possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, two counts of prohibited person in possession of a firearm, maintaining a dwelling for a sale of controlled substances, and felony conspiracy.
The investigation is ongoing.