Brian Allen Clayton and Brittany Nicole Clayton
As previously reported, Brian Allen Clayton and Brittany Nicole Clayton were arrested on February 24, 2013, and each charged with one felony count of Operating or Attempting to Operate a Clandestine Drug Laboratory and one felony county of Conspiracy.
According to the criminal complaints filed against the Clayton's by State Police Trooper E.E. Bostic, at about 1:10 a.m. on February 24, 2013, Bostic was informed that the 911 Center received an anonymous telephone call that the Clayton's were operating a meth lab in their home with two children present. Trooper Bostic, along with Deputy Sheriff David Vandevender and two Child Protective Services' workers, went to 67 Elk Street in Webster Springs and found the Clayton's home alone without any children present.
According to the complaint, both Clayton's then signed written consents for the officers to search their residence and surrounding property. Trooper Bostic found a meth lab beside the rear door of the residence, and also found meth precursors, and a lot of drug items including spoons, needles, and pills located near were the Clayton's were sitting on a couch. The complaint then says that both Clayton's gave recorded statements that they operated a meth lab and were hooked on meth.
Thomas Odell McIe and Howard Junior Fisher
Also as previously reported, Thomas Odell McIe and Howard Junior Fisher were arrested on February 22, 2013 and charged with drug offenses. Both were charged with one felony count of Operating or Attempting to Operate a Clandestine Drug Laboratory and one felony county of Conspiracy. McIe was also charged with one felony count of Manufacturing, Delivering, or Possessing with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance.
According to the criminal complaint filed against McIe and Fisher by State Police Trooper E.E. Bostic, on February 22, 2013, at about 10:30 p.m., Bostic received a complaint of a chemical odor coming from 130 South Main Street in Webster Springs. Upon arriving at the residence, Bostic detected a strong chemical smell.
Seargant T.L. White of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources accompanied Bostic to the residence and observed McIe through a window at the kitchen sink area. After Bostic knocked on the door, White saw McIe gathering items up from the counter and saw him run past the door to a bathroom. Fisher then opened the door and told the officers they had permission to enter the residence, and he signed a consent to search the residence.
Bostic heard the toilet flushing and found McIe coming out of the bathroom. After performing an officer safety check for weapons on McIe, McIe was found with two hydrocodone pills and $116.00 in his front pocket. According to the complaint, Fisher gave a statement that McIe was cooking meth in Fisher's residence in the kitchen area and a back room of the apartment. Fisher said he knew McIe was making meth. The officers observed two meth labs, one of which was active. The officers field tested a white powder found on the counter and it tested positive for meth.
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