Two charged in Somerville with trafficking meth and fentanyl
Apr. 17—Two suspects were arrested Tuesday in Somerville after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a substantial amount of narcotics, according to the Somerville Police Department.
Police said they conducted the stop around 5:40 p.m. on North Drive after observing the vehicle fail to use a turn signal.
The driver was identified as 42-year-old Christopher Stanley Walls, of Somerville, who had an active arrest warrant through the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. The passenger, also a Somerville resident, was 44-year-old Sonja Nicole Long, police said.
A search of the vehicle yielded 3.88 ounces of crystal methamphetamine, 2.5 grams of methamphetamine mixed with fentanyl, a .223 caliber Bushmaster rifle with a loaded magazine, digital scales believed to be used in narcotics distribution, counterfeit currency labeled "For Motion Picture Use Only," debit cards not belonging to either suspect and brass knuckles, according to police.
Walls was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking fentanyl, felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to signal.
Long faces charges of trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking fentanyl, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a forged instrument, illegal possession or fraudulent use of a credit/debit card, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a concealed weapon (brass knuckles), third-degree criminal trespass and a probation violation.
As of Wednesday afternoon, both Walls and Long remained in custody at the Morgan County Jail. Walls was being held in lieu of $235,900 bail while Long was being held in lieu of $238,700 bail.
"This arrest represents a significant disruption to the trafficking and distribution of dangerous drugs within the Town of Somerville and surrounding areas," Somerville Police Chief Jeff Arnold said in a press release.
— wesley.tomlinson@decaturdaily.com or 256-340-2442.
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