Hearings have been scheduled for two Dale area people who were charged after a search warrant was served by Lincoln County deputies regarding a drive-by shooting.
It led to felonies being filed against three people in the Dale and McLoud area.
Brandon Barnett, 21, whose address is listed as Dale, was formally charged in Lincoln County District March 24 with trafficking in Controlled Dangerous Substance, a felony, and possess firearm during commission of a felony.
A $75,000 bench warrant was issued for his arrest the same day charges were filed.
The warrant was returned and filed April 19 and he made his initial appearance June 22 before Special Judge Emily Mueller. She scheduled his pre-preliminary hearing for Aug. 17.
Brandi N. Barnett, 39, whose address is also listed as Dale, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court March 24 with maintaining place for keeping/selling Controlled Dangerous Substance.
She made her initial appearance on April 20 before Judge Mueller who set her pre-preliminary hearing for 1:30 p.m. May 11. That has been continued until Aug. 3.
A $20,000 bench warrant was initially issued for her arrest, too, on the same day the felony charge was filed, but she has since put a $20,000 appearance bond.
One of the three is a 16-year-old from the Dale and McLoud facing youthful offender charges. Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for him on July 21 on all three charges.
Sgt. Aaron Bennett with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office stated, “No one got struck or injured in the drive-by shooting, and no one was home.”
The youthful offender has been charged with use of vehicle in discharge of weapon, trafficking in Controlled Dangerous Substance and possess firearm during commission of a felony.
Court records show a $15,000 bench warrant was initially issued for the youth’s arrest on the first felony charge and a $20,000 bench warrant was issued for his arrest on the other two felonies.
However, pre-preliminary hearings have been set for 1:30 p.m. April 20 on all three charges.
Brandon Barnett in Count 1 is accused on March 1, 2023 in Lincoln County of committing the crime of trafficking in a Controlled Dangerous Substance, marijuana, by processing 25 pounds or more of marijuana.
Count 2 alleges on the same day he committed the crime of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony by possessing a Glock 9mm handgun and/or a Taurus handgun while in the commission of trafficking in controlled dangerous substance.
Brandi Barnett is accused on March 1 this year of maintaining a home at 333061 Appaloosa Court in Lincoln County where she knew that marijuana was being kept and/or distributed.
Lincoln County Investigator Tanner Hand, in a probable cause affidavit filed in the case, stated he served a search warrant on March 1 at 333061 Appaloosa Court, McLoud, in Lincoln County in connection with a drive-by shooting that occurred on Feb. 28 this year.
He said the occupants in the residence were ordered outside, two male individuals were detained and seated at the bottom of the stairs to the front porch. An adult female and child were allowed to remain inside the residence due to cold weather and high winds.
Lincoln County Investigator Larry Stover, Sr., interviewed both male subjects and Lincoln County Investigator Kelly Coleman searched the residence.
Hand said those inside the residence when officers arrived were J.F., a 16-year-old male, Haley Holland, Brandon Barnett and N.B, 2-year-old female.
As investigators searched the house, they found a backpack containing two handguns. One was a Glock 43 9mm. The firearm had a loaded drum magazine and had a round in the chamber, Hand reported.
He said the second handgun was a Taurus 40 S&W with a loaded magazine but did not have a round in the chamber.
The Glock handgun was seized in connection with the drive-by shooting, Tanner said.
According to the affidavit, Investigator Coleman located a large amount of a green leafy substance he knew was marijuana.
Hand said while processing the evidence collected he got an estimated weight of 27 pounds of marijuana, counted 83 zip lock baggies, each containing 50 marijuana cigarettes with a total count of 4,150 marijuana cigarettes from those 83 baggies.