ROCKINGHAM — A man busted on meth charges in Montgomery County less than two months ago is now facing trafficking charges.
Willie Mitchell Huckabee, 46, was booked into the Richmond County Jail at 4:15 Saturday morning on multiple drug charges, records show.
Just before 1 a.m., an officer radioed in that he had conducted a traffic stop on Randolph Street, near Steele Street, on a black pickup occupied by Huckabee and Tammy Poston, according to an incident report.
While confirming Poston’s birth date, the reporting officer noticed a bulge in Poston’s shirt and believed she was “concealing narcotics and or contraband of some sort.”
Huckabee reportedly consented to a search of the vehicle.
As the reporting officer was walking around to the passenger side where Poston was getting out, the officer noticed Poston “attempting to conceal a baggie under her shirt.”
The reporting officer states that she immediately grabbed Poston’s arm and told her to stop, which she did.
Poston reportedly told the officer that Huckabee had made her put the baggie in her shirt.
When the officer asked if there was anything else, Poston reportedly admitted to having a container in her pants.
During a search of Poston’s person, the officer reportedly found an orange container wrapped in a brown bandana. Poston was then handcuffed and detained.
The department’s K-9, Cash, alerted to the vehicle and officers conducted a search, according to the report.
The report shows officers found and seized 40 grams of suspected methamphetamine and 10 grams of suspected marijuana, as well as a knife and a cellphone.
Poston reportedly told the officers she was afraid of Huckabee and she didn’t know what they were when he made her take them.
Poston was released and Huckabee was read his Miranda rights, according to the report.
Huckabee reportedly told the officer that the drugs were not his and that “everybody” drove the truck.
The officer noted that Huckabee’s name has come up in several drug investigations.
Huckabee is charged with: trafficking in methamphetamine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance; maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance; and simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance.
He is currently being held on a $100,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in court March 12.
Online court records show he will also be appearing on several pending charges, including possession of a firearm by a felon and resisting a public officer from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and traffic charges from the Hamlet Police Department.
Huckabee also has an April 7 appearance on a traffic infraction.
His charges from Montgomery County are not currently listed.
Huckabee was first convicted in 1995 for resisting an officer, driving while impaired, and several traffic violations, records from the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction show. Three years later, he was convicted of possession with intent to sell a Schedule VI controlled substance.
According to state records, 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.
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.
Huckabee has been arrested and charged several times since his release.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
