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Two jailed on charges of distributing suspected fentanyl

West Virginia State Police have charged two county residents with drug offenses, following a routine traffic stop on U.S. 522.

On Wednesday, April 1 at about 2:30 p.m., officers initiated a traffic stop at Dairy Queen for a compact sedan with obstructed registration.

The driver, identified as Brady T. Faith, 26, of Berkeley Springs appeared anxious and couldn’t hold still, according to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Trooper Trenton Short.

The passenger, identified as Kimberly D. Winland, 45, of Berkeley Springs had an open container of alcohol, according to the criminal complaint.

While performing a series of field sobriety tests, police observed a pink powder in Faith’s nose, and placed him under arrest.

Winland admitted to having “weed gummies” in her purse, and with this information, police performed a search of her purse, finding multiple capsules filled with a pink powder of suspected fentanyl.

Winland was captured on an officer’s body camera stating she and Faith had travelled to Hagerstown earlier that day to get the capsules, and they were both selling them in Morgan County, according to the criminal complaint.

Winland was arrested and charged with possession with intent, and transporting controlled substance into the state with intent.

Faith was charged with DUI first offense, possession with intent, and transporting controlled substance into the state with intent.

Each is incarcerated at Eastern Regional Jail on a $50,000 bond awaiting a hearing.

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