Fugitive search results in Nutter Fort drug arrest

NUTTER FORT, W.Va. – A Clarksburg resident is facing multiple charges after a search for a subject with an outstanding warrant at a Nutter Fort home.

When officers arrived at the Romano Avenue residence, they were given permission to search by one of the residents. While in the home, police observed Adonnis Beam, 35, of Clarksburg.

Beam was taken outside, and police found approximately 12 grams of marijuana.

Immediately inside the home, police recovered a suspected pipe used to smoke methamphetamine, a marijuana cigarette, a set of scales, burned pieces of foil, and a device used to smoke marijuana.

After receiving permission to conduct a full search of the home, police recovered 92 grams of methamphetamine, two grams of heroin, bags, scales, paraphernalia, other drug-related items, and two firearms that had been reported stolen.

Beam and another subject admitted to the police that they had been selling methamphetamine in the area for an extended period of time.

Beam is being held in the North Central Regional Jail and charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.