Dows Prairie Man Arrested With Lots of Pills After Advertising Them for Sale on Social Media, Drug Task Force Says
From the Humboldt County Drug Task Force:
Lawler.
On October 2nd,
2020, special agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF)
and a detective from the Arcata Police Department (APD) worked
together on an investigation into a male suspect who was using social
media to advertise “Roxy” pills for sale. “Roxy” is the
street name for Roxycodone which is a form of Oxycodone. Through
their investigation agents learned the suspect was Dustin
Lawler (36 years old-Mckinleyville).
Agents were familiar with Lawler as the HCDTF had served search
warrants and arrested him for drug charges in August of 2019 and
again in March of 2020.
At
approx. 1145 hrs. special agents from the HCDTF with the assistance
of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) served a search
warrant on Lawler’s residence in the 3500 block of Dows Prairie Rd.
in Mckinleyville. Lawler was detained without incident. In Lawler’s
bedroom agents located approx. 200 Roxycodone pills “Roxy”, 100
other misc. pills, 5 ounces of methamphetamine, steroids, 5 grams of
“Molly” which is MDMA and is also known as Ecstasy, and a digital
scale.
The
HCDTF will be requesting the Humboldt County District Attorney’s
Office charge Lawler with the following charges:
H&S 11378 Possession of
methamphetamine for sale
H&S 11375 Possession for sale of
designated substances
H&S 11366 Operating or maintaining
a drug house
Anyone
with information related to this investigation or other narcotics
related crimes are encouraged to call the Humboldt County Drug Task
Force at 707-267-9976.