‘Major meth distributor’ busted

Posted on May 4, 2018

Downtown Perry’s historic neighborhood district located along the west end of Green Street was awash in blue lights Friday morning, April 27, as members of the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at the home of a suspected methamphetamine distributor.

Trafficking amounts of the illegal drug was seized at the residence, and one suspect, Joseph Brian Stafford, 48, was taken into custody.

PHOTO: Joseph Brian Stafford remained in custody on a $220,000 bond as of presstime Thursday, May 3, on charges of trafficking methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Investigators seized 61 grams of meth while executing a search warrant at his home on West Green Street.

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