Woman arrested in raid on suspected meth house
Sunday, March 18, 2007 8:00 AM PDT
By Leslie Slape
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E-mail this articleColumbia County authorities raided a suspected meth house late last week and arrested a woman known on the street as "Grandma Sue."
Susan Mary McCartney, 49, of St. Helens was booked into the Columbia County Jail in lieu of $110,000 bail. She faces charges of unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine, unlawful delivery of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
Concluding a two-year investigation, the Columbia Enforcement Narcotics Team, assisted by the St. Helens Police Department, Columbia County Sheriff's Office and Clatskanie Narcotics K-9 team, served a search warrant at McCartney's house Thursday afternoon.
CENT investigators said their search of the home yielded methamphetamine, digital scales, packaging materials, cutting additive, police scanners, video surveillance equipment, night vision devices, firearms, drug records and items associated with identity theft. The drug records seized have helped CENT investigators identify numerous drug users in and around the St. Helens area who were buying methamphetamine regularly from McCartney, according to a CENT news release.
Using figures obtained from McCartney during interviews, CENT investigators attributed her to sales of more than three pounds of methamphetamine over the previous two years. Investigators consider three pounds "a substantial amount" but believe she actually may have sold far more than that, according to the news release.
At McCartney's home, investigators also arrested Kenneth Lee Holinbeck, 23, a transient, on a probation violation. A third person was released at the scene.
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