Jan. 5, 2002 – Two St. Croix residents were charged with drug, firearms and explosives violations Thursday after federal agents raided their home in Christiansted.
Wayne Studdard, 37, and Lia Studdard, 48, were charged with unlawful possession of firearms, unlawful possession of an explosive device, unlawful storage of explosive material and conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.
They appeared before Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Resnick late Thursday and are being held pending a detention hearing Monday. Both face a maximum of 36 years in prison on the various charges, according to an announcement of the arrest from U.S. Attorney David Atkinson.
According to the criminal complaint, agents with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area team, which includes federal narcotics agents and local police, seized 10 firearms, ammunition, various components of military explosive devices, chemicals that could be used to make gunpowder, marijuana seeds and an inactive hydroponic laboratory that could be used to grow marijuana.
