SALISBURY, Md.- Authorities say three people are behind bars following a raid on a Salisbury home that resulted in the seizure of a large amount of cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy pills.
The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office said that over the course of the past month, its Community Action Team conducted a drug investigation into 23-year-old Lashawn Damin Royall, who was selling illegal drugs from his home located on the 400 block of Lindenhurst Court in Salisbury.
On Wednesday, June 10, the Salisbury City Police Department Tactical Team executed a search and seizure warrant at Royall's home. Royall was found inside the home along with 23-year-old Eliana Elizabeth Justis, 22-year-old Noel John Royall, and two small children.
The sheriff's office said a search of the home resulted in the seizure of the following items:
- 46.12 grams of cocaine to include 41 individual bags of crack cocaine packaged for individual sales.
- 15 individual wrapped baggies containing multi colored ecstasy pills. A total of 202 pills were seized.
- 20 heat sealed bags of marijuana having a total combined weight of 9,688.49 grams (21.36 pounds)
- $33,343.18 in cash
- Black Ruger semi-automatic handgun with a magazine inserted into the firearm containing (6) .380 caliber live rounds of ammunition.
- Numerous digital scales and packaging material.
According to the Sheriff's Office, Lashawn Royall is a convicted felon and cannot possess firearms. Investigators said it was further determined that Justis maintains the home as a common nuisance to distribute CDS.
All three suspects were arrested and charged with the following:
Lashawn Royall:
- Possession with the intent to deliver cocaine
- Possession with the intent to deliver methylenedioxymethetamine (ecstasy)
- Possession with the intent to deliver marijuana
- Firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime
- Possession of a firearm by a person prohibited
Noel Royall:
- Possession with the intent to deliver cocaine
- Possession with the intent to deliver methylenedioxymethetamine (ecstasy)
- Possession with the intent to deliver marijuana
Eliana Justis:
- Possession with the intent to deliver cocaine
- Possession with the intent to deliver methylenedioxymethetamine (ecstasy)
- Possession with the intent to deliver marijuana
- Firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime
- Maintaining a common nuisance to distribute CDS
All three suspects were ordered held without bond in the Wicomico County Detention Center.
Noel Royall
Lashawn Royall
Eliana Justis