GASTON COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — Four people have been arrested after nearly 100 grams of suspected fentanyl was found inside a Gaston County home, Cherryville Police said.
Officers with the Cherryville Police Department were called to a home along Putnam Street at 5:29 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, to help with a search.
As officers were searching the home, they found a plastic bag that contained 98 grams of suspected fentanyl. Following the discovery, four people inside the home were arrested on various charges.
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Daniel Wayne Knighten, of Cherryville, NC, has been charged with trafficking fentanyl, PWISMD Schedule II, and maintaining a dwelling.
William Greg Ellis, of Cherryville, NC, has been charged with resisting a public officer. Tina Lee Ann McCumbee, of Gastonia, NC, has been charged with resisting a public officer, and David Stanley Abernathy, of Fort Mill, SC, has been charged with two orders for arrest.