Domestic Dispute In Troutman Leads To Drug Arrest For Iredell Man

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — Iredell County authorities responding to an emergency call regarding a domestic dispute stumbled across pill bottles that led to a laundry list of narcotics charges for a Troutman man recently.

According to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office, the call regarding the domestic dispute on Gladiola Drive in Troutman was received May 24.

“When the deputies arrived, they found a female walking down the road with minor injuries,” ICSO said in a statement regarding the incident.

The woman told deputies that she and the suspect — who she identified as Curtis Bishop Bryant, 37, also of Troutman — had been in an argument at her home.

When the deputies attempted to speak with Bryant, however, he ran out the back door of the home to his mother’s house.

During the course of the search for Bryant, the officers found noticed two pill bottles lying on a mattress in the back yard near where Bryant was last seen.

“Inside the pill containers were 10.3 grams of cocaine, two dosage units of Ecstasy and a small amount of marijuana,” ICSO said.

Bryant was located near the scene and taken into custody. Deputies obtained a search warrant for his vehicle, where they found 150 grams of marijuana, ICSO said.

Bryant was transported to the Iredell County Detention Center and was charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture; sell or deliver Schedule II controlled substance;
felony possession of cocaine; felony possession of ecstasy; felony maintain a dwelling for sale or use of a controlled substance; misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia; and
misdemeanor possession of marijuana drug paraphernalia. His secured bond was set at $30,000.