Moon Police: Drug Arrests Spike Near Sharon Center

said a string of recent drug arrests have occurred outside of the Sharon Center shopping plaza.

Police have been monitoring the plaza's parking lot on Beaver Grade Road after residents and businesses have increasingly complained about drug activity in the area.

Moon Officer Ian Lucas said a recent investigation "revealed that individuals are traveling [more than] three hours from West Virginia to frequent a doctor...and are getting their prescriptions for opiate addiction filled at ," according to a police report.

West Virginia residents Ellis Hedrick, 24, and Melissa Hedrick, 35, were March 1 with drug possession and child endangerment after police said they were found injecting drugs while a 2-year-old boy and 6-week-old infant were in the backseat of their car. The two were sitting in a car parked outside of and Porter's Pharmacy at the time of the arrest.

• Joe Edward Cutcher, 26, of Calvin, WV, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday on Thorn Run Road. Police said Cutcher had recently filled a prescription for the opioid dependence drug Suboxone and was found with hypodermic needles in his car.

• Mark L. Lively, 45, of Kenna, WV, was charged at 10 a.m. Jan. 10 with drug crimes after residents reported suspicious activity in the Sharon Center parking lot. Lively is charged with drug possession with intent to deliver, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a license, driving without insurance and fraudulent use or removal of a registration plate.

• Timothy Sweet, 30 of Nettie, WV, was charged with drug possession at 3:30 p.m. Monday near Sharon Center.

• Thomas Canfield, 29, of Richwood, WV, was charged with drug possession at 3:30 p.m. March 5 near Sharon Center.

• Angela Christine Webb, 31, of Craigsville, WV, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance at 1 a.m. Jan. 9 on Beaver Grade Road.