Meth charges follow Statesville investigation

Published 6:10 pm Monday, September 24, 2018

STATESVILLE — A tip about methamphetamine being sold in the South Patterson Street area resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old Statesville woman.

Pamela Marie Webb Hernandez is in the Iredell County jail on several drug charges.

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office received information about possible drug trafficking. Undercover surveillance found that Hernandez was selling meth from her house at 127 S. Patterson St., according to authorities.

The Narcotics Division continued electronic surveillance and undercover purchases from Hernandez, authorities said.

Narcotics detectives searched her house Friday, assisted by other deputies and detectives, and found $3.025 worth of meth bagged for individual sale.

Hernandez was charged with felony possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine, felony possession of methamphetamine, and maintaining a dwelling or place for trafficking in a controlled substance.

Hernandez was issued her a $25,000 secured bond.

During their search, deputies say, Michael Wayne Webb, 57, of the same address, was found in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Webb was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and paraphernalia and was released.