Louisa woman arrested in West Virginia traffic stop

By Lilly Adkins

BSN Associate Editor

WAYNE, W.Va. — Three people, including a woman from Louisa, were arrested in three separate drug investigations by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Drug Enforcement Unit according to a release issued Monday.

Ashlee Hylton of Louisa is charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver heroin, and pseudoephedrine altered.

Wayne County Sheriff Rick Thompson said in the release that Hylton was arrested following a drug investigation in the Fort Gay area of West Virginia.

The Wayne County Sheriff Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Hylton was driving near Court Street and Cedar Heights, the release said. A distribution quantity of crystal methamphetamine and heroin were seized from her, the release said. Pills, digital scales and baggies were collected from the vehicle.

Jeffrey Newman of Huntington, W.Va., is charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession with intent to deliver methylphenidate hydrochloride, and pseudoephedrine altered.

Dwayne Bowman, also of Huntington, is charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, and pseudoephedrine altered.

The Wayne County Sheriff Drug Enforcement Unit made a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Jeffrey Newman near Wayne Street and Piedmont Road and a distribution quantity of drugs were seized along with digital scales, the release said.

The Wayne County Sheriff Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Bowman near Vernon Street and James River Road and a distribution quantity of drugs were found secured in a magnetic box. A digital scale and baggies were also seized.

Thompson stated that the Fort Gay Police Department assisted on the stop.