Four Jailed on Felony Drug Charges After Hitting Concrete Barrier

By Roberta Cantrell
BSN Editor

Four people were arrested on felony drug charges after police were called to a convenient store/gas station Tuesday, Dec. 30, in Martin County.

According to Martin County Sheriff John Kirk, an off-duty volunteer deputy, John Horn was sitting in the parking lot at Horn’s BP located on Route 645 at approximately 8 p.m., when he saw a vehicle slam into what he first believed was a gas pump but was actually a concrete barrier surrounding the pump. Deputy Horn immediately contacted the sheriff, reporting that the “occupants of the vehicle appeared to be impaired,” Kirk said.

“That protected the pump from being destroyed, but it broke the tire off the rim of the car,” Kirk said. “When I got there, it was clear that at least one of the occupants was extremely impaired. One was in the back seat, appeared to be asleep or passed out. We dispatched the ambulance there to check him out and medically clear him.”

After searching the vehicle police found several baggies containing a crystal-like and powdery white substance, along with other drugs. Law enforcement seized multiple small clear plastic baggies, syringes, a spoon, cellphones, a wallet and other items.

The sheriff identified Cecil Diamond, 44, of Williamson,

WV, as the suspected driver. Diamond allegedly had three Gabapentin pills in a plastic container in his hoodie pocket. Sheriff Kirk said he had a baggie containing a crystal-like substance concealed in his right pant leg.

Diamond faces charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance (drug unspecified), 1st degree possession of a controlled substance, first offense (methamphetamine), and a fugitive-from-justice warrant from another state.

“Diamond gave us a false name,” Kirk said. “We were able to track down warrants for him out of West Virginia.”

According to the citation, John C. Adkins, 51, of Belfry, was sitting in the back of the vehicle. Kirk said Adkins had a baggie containing a white, crystal-like substance in his wallet and a larger baggie containing a similar substance on the floorboard at his feet.

“That’s where the majority of the meth was found at his feet on the passenger side on the back floorboard,” Kirk said.

Adkins was charged with 1st degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), and public intoxication-controlled substance (excludes alcohol).

Another passenger, David L. Williamson, 64, of Williamson, WV, had a crystal-like substance folded inside a receipt, according to Kirk. He was charged with 1st degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

Charlotte Marie Godines, 39, of Belfry, also a passenger allegedly had two plastic baggies containing a powder-like substance, along with seven Gabapentin pills, in her purse.

According to his report, Kirk said Godines “had very slurred speech and told officers she had taken fentanyl earlier.” She is facing charges of public intoxication-controlled substance, 1st degree possession of a controlled substance, (methamphetamine), 1st degree possession of a controlled substance (drug unspecified).

All four were lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.