Raleigh Co. authorities arrest man on drug charges

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Kassie Simmons
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RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office made a drug arrest during a traffic stop on Monday.

On March 2, Beckley Police and the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office stopped a car on Harper Road. During the stop, authorities found 21 grams of heroin. Authorities then arrested Mark Clyburn Jr. for possession with intent to deliver.

After the stop, a sergeant with the sheriff’s office searched a room at the Microtel Inn on Harper Road where he found 56.2 grams of heroin, 22 grams of crystal meth, 33 grams of fentanyl and a dose of LSD.

Clyburn is at Southern Regional Jail. Bail has not been set.

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Kassie Simmons
Kassie Simmons joined the team in January 2019 as a weekend journalist. She graduated from Virginia Tech in just two and a half years with a BA in multimedia journalism. During her short time at Virginia Tech, she served as the editor for the university’s chapter of The Tab. Kassie was named the top reporter for The Tab at Virginia Tech on multiple occasions and made the list for the top 30 reporters for The Tab in the U.S. She also studied theater performance and minored in creative writing. Before coming to WOAY, Kassie interned at WSLS in Roanoke and the Tidewater Review in her hometown of West Point, Va. She has loved following breaking news since her childhood and has a passion for delivering the stories people care most about. Kassie is excited to be working in Southern West Virginia and looks forward to all the adventures ahead of her. You can follow her on Twitter at @KassieLSimmons and like her page on Facebook. If you have a story you think she should check out, send her an email at ksimmons@woay.com.

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