ROCKINGHAM — Investigators have charged a man with multiple drug offenses after complaints led to a traffic stop.
According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, investigators with the Community Impact Team were looking into complaints of possible drug activity in the Foxfield Road area in the Cordova community on July 26 when they saw a vehicle with expired tag leave one of the homes.
The driver, 48-year-old John Henry Quick, was pulled over and, during the traffic stop, a K-9 was led around the vehicle and reportedly alerted to the presence of narcotics.
The vehicle was search and investigators reportedly found and seized:
- 5.76 grams of fentanyl
- 5.25 grams of methamphetamine
- nine suboxone strips
- 13 dosage units of Clonazepam
- 4.77 grams of marijuana
Quick was arrested and charged with: trafficking in opium or heroin; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver methamphetamine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver marijuana; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
There were no traffic citations reflected in online court records on July 30.
He was booked into the Richmond County Jail, where he is being held on a $100,000 secured bond. His court date is scheduled for Aug. 15.
Online jail records show Quick is also being held on a $545 cash bond on two counts of failure to show cause.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Quick is currently serving a 24-month suspended sentence following an October conviction on charges of possession of a firearm by a felon and possession with intent to sell a Schedule II controlled substance.
Quick was first convicted in 1995 of assault by pointing a gun and injury to personal property.
In 1999, Quick was convicted of maintaining a place for a controlled substance, and in 2010 on two counts of selling a Schedule II controlled substance.
His probation on the latter charge was revoked in 2014 when he was convicted of selling a Schedule II controlled substance in Cumberland County and he served a year in prison.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
