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Two Arrested on Drug Charges in Walton County
07/08/09 - 01:22 PM
Walton County Sheriff’s Office
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A undercover investigation by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit resulted in two arrests around 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, an investigator made a traffic stops on Quail Ridge Road in DeFuniak Springs.  Inside the vehicle driven by 28-year-old Joseph Evans Seigler, authorities found a sunglass case with several items including a homemade pipe and several small containers that held methamphetamine residue, and other items that are essential in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

A passenger in the vehicle, 32-year-old Keith Richard Lawniczak, of DeFuniak Springs, was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.  The items were found under the seat Lawniczak was sitting in.

Investigators then did a search of Seigler’s residence. They found a methamphetamine lab, along with evidence that a lab had been operable in the recent days.  In addition, they found a short-barreled shotgun in a shed behind the home.

Both suspects have been booked into the Walton County Jail.  Seigler faces two-counts of possession of listed chemicals for the manufacture of a controlled substance, one-count of possession of narcotic equipment, one-count of the production of methamphetamine, along with one-count of possession of a short barreled shotgun.  Seigler’s bond has been set at $15,500.

Lawniczak faces one-count of possession of a controlled substance, and one-count of possession of narcotic equipment.  His bond is set at $5,500.

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