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On March 30, 2013, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Phillip Woolard, 28 years of age, of 345 Betsy Elbow Road in Washington. Woolard was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver...

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Phillip Woolard
   On March 30, 2013, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Phillip Woolard, 28 years of age, of 345 Betsy Elbow Road in Washington. Woolard was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Oxycodone a Schedule II Controlled Substance and Carrying a Concealed Weapon.

   Woolard’s arrest stemmed from a license check point that the North Carolina Highway Patrol was conducting on Hwy. 32 in Washington. Troopers with the Highway Patrol smelled an odor of marijuana coming from Woolard’s vehicle when Woolard arrived at the check point.

   Troopers searched Woolard’s vehicle and found three plastic bags of marijuana packaged for resale, 14 dosage units of Oxycodone in a plastic baggie and a .22 caliber pistol. Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit responded to the scene and assisted the Highway Patrol in charging Woolard with the drug offenses.

   Woolard was detained in the Beaufort County Detention Center under a $5,000.00 secured bond.


   Captain Russell Davenport
     Beaufort County Sheriff's Office

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