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Richmond County sheriff’s investigators allegedly catch man with meth, heroin

ROCKINGHAM — A man is facing multiple charges after allegedly being caught with two of the hardest drugs on the street.

According to arrest warrants, 28-year-old Ruben Armando Arias III, of Blewett Falls Road, was found with 7 grams each of heroin and methamphetamine.

Arias is also accused of having scales, glass smoking pipes and a straw, as well as using a four-door passenger car “for keeping and selling” controlled substances.

Arias was arrested Oct. 30 and charged by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office with one felony count each of: possession of a Schedule I controlled substance; possession of methamphetamine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule I controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance; and maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance.

He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Arias was booked into the Richmond County Jail under a $25,000 secured bond on the drug charges. He is also being held without bond on a parole violation.

He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 19.

Online court records show Arias is also facing felony drug charges  — possession with intent to sell or deliver a counterfeit controlled substance and possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance  — in Montgomery County.

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Arias is currently on parole after serving five and a half months behind bars following a 2019 conviction on three counts of felony breaking and entering, according to records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction.

He was released Aug. 18 and his parole is set to end May 15, 2021.

Records show Arias was first convicted in 2014 of possession or use of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a place for a controlled substance. He was given probation, which was revoked later that year, resulting in a five-month incarceration.

Arias’ only other conviction in North Carolina was in 2016 for assault on a female.

All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 



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