Meth Situation at West Virginia Gas Station: Two Adults Found Passed Out at Gas Pump with Car Engine Running

 

Two 20-year-olds in Webster County were found passed out at a gas pump with the vehicle still running. They happened to have crystal methamphetamine on them while at a GoMart gas station in Cowen. They now face sobering jail time.

Pumping gas into a vehicle

For those familiar with the popular TV show, Breaking Bad, methamphetamine can ruin lives in the real world.

Case in point, two adults hopefully learned their lesson after they were found passed out with the vehicle still running at the gas pump with meth inside the vehicle.

Two West Virginia Adults Found Passed Out at the Pump w/ Meth

WBOY 12 News reported West Virginia State Police found Michael Stover, 27, and Makayla Thompson, 25, passed out at a gas pump with the vehicle running at the GoMart in Cowen on 16 October 2023.

West Virginia Troopers found a yellow and green vial, and a clear container in the vehicle with a "white, crystal-like substance" suspected to be meth, three bags of suspected marijuana, a blunt, and 100 clear bags.

Stover and Thompson were locked up in the Central Regional Jail and charged with "possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance."

Michael Stover is from Summersville and Makayla Thompson is from Dixie.

California Man Caught Driving Meth to West Virginia

In September, WAVY 13 News reported that Ildiberto Gonzalez Jr., 29, of San Bernadino, California was caught delivering 196 pounds of meth to Bluefield, West Virginia.

Gonzales was caught as he was driving back to California. He called his West Virginia contact while he was pulled over in a drug trafficking operation called "Operation Smoke and Mirrors."

*Operation Smoke and Mirrors was a joint operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), the West Virginia State Police, the West Virginia National Guard Counter Drug program, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, the Charleston Police Department, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, and the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office.

Charleston Woman Caught in Operation Smoke and Mirrors

WOWK 13 News reported that in July 2023, Nicole Leigh Fierbaugh, 44, entered a guilty plea to the charge of "conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine" confirming her role after being busted buying and selling meth in Operation Smoke and Mirrors.

She was one of 30 defendants who were charged during the eight-month-long operation to curb the drug trafficking.

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Sources

Allan, C. "2 people charged after passing out at gas pump in Webster County." WBOY 12 News. 18 October 2023.

Taylor, Isaac. "California man pleads guilty to delivering 200 pounds of meth in semi-truck to West Virginia." WAVY 13 News. 12 September 2023.

Patterson, Jessica. "Woman pleads guilty to ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ meth charge." WOWK 13 News. 13 July 2023.