BISCOE — Four Richmond County residents were arrested on multiple drug charges last week in Montgomery County.
According to a Facebook post from the Biscoe Police Department, two officers were investigating “a possible narcotics violation” on Jan. 16 and conducted a search that led to the seizure of more than $55,000 (street value) in methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana and prescription medication.
Officers also seized a “large,” undisclosed amount of cash, two handguns, a rifle and stolen merchandise, according to the post.
Police charged 40-year-old Gregory Chad Allen of Hamlet and 28-year-old Cayce Leigh Honeycutt each with three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and one count each of: trafficking in methamphetamine; possession of methamphetamine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver heroin; simple possession of marijuana; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Father and son Willie Mitchell Huckabee and William Huckabee, both of Ellerbe, were each charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of methamphetamine.
All four were booked into the Montgomery County Jail under secured bonds:
- Allen – $592,000
- Honeycutt – $500,000
- W.M. Huckabee – $7,500
- W. Huckabee – $7,000
They were all scheduled to appear in a Montgomery County courtroom Tuesday.
Records show no charges have been filed related to the stolen merchandise.
Online court records show two of the four defendants have pending charges in other counties.
Willie Mitchell Huckabee, 46, has a Feb. 6 court date on a charge of resisting a public officer from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and four traffic violations from the Hamlet Police Department.
Allen’s pending charges include: three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, two in Scotland County, one in Richmond County; possession of a stolen firearm and first-degree trespassing in Scotland County; and misdemeanor possession charges for marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Allen also has traffic violations in both counties.
All defendants facing criminal charges are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
According to records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction, William Huckabee, 22, was just convicted Jan. 7 of receiving or possessing a firearm and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, and given a 24-month suspended sentence.
Previous convictions include two counts of injury to real property (2018) in Richmond County and misdemeanor larceny (2017) in Anson County.
His father was first convicted in 1995 for resisting an officer, driving while impaired, and several traffic violations, records show. Three years later, he was convicted of possession with intent to sell a Schedule VI controlled substance.
According to state records, the elder Huckabee stayed out of trouble for a decade, until he was convicted in 2009 on one misdemeanor count each of possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance and receiving stolen goods.
In 2011, he was convicted of both felony and misdemeanor breaking and entering.
W.M. Huckabee was convicted in 2016 on three counts of delivering or selling a Schedule II controlled substance and one count of assault on a female, and, like the times before, was given probation.
However, his probation on those charges was revoked in 2017 when he was convicted of another count of assault on a female. While serving time, he was convicted of violating a protective order.
He was released in September of 2018 after serving 25 months behind bars and his parole ended in June 2019.
Honeycutt was sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison on meth-related charges in 2015.
Allen’s only conviction was in 2006 for possession with intent to sell a Schedule II controlled substance in Randolph County.
