Police: Shooting Investigation Reveals Meth Production, 6 Charged

Stafford County Police has arrested five people and continue searching for an additional suspect after search warrants for two homes in Stafford and one in Spotsylvania revealed evidence of methamphetamine production.

Joshua Wallace, 39 of unknown address; Bradford Burchett, 37 of Stafford; Mariah Harrington, 44 of Stafford; John Stephens, 34 of Stafford; and Constance Hysell, 25 Spotsylvania have been arrested and are currently being held without bond at Rappahannock Regional Jail.

Lisa Snyder, 31 of Stafford, has also been charged. The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, along with the United States Marshals Service, are searching for Snyder.

All suspects have been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and related charges after an investigation starting in Stafford on Oct. 18.

Wallace, Burchett, Harrington, Stephens and Snyder have also been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine with a juvenile present.

Police responded to the 200 block of Walnut Avenue in Stafford, where Stephens and Snyder live, to investigate a gunshot report on Oct. 18. In that incident, one man was arrested and charged with aggravated malicious wounding after shooting another man.

Police searched the Walnut home and found chemicals used to make meth. After an extensive investigation into the shooting, Stafford police obtained a warrant to search a home on the 900 block of Ficklen Road where Burchett and Harrington live. Chemicals used to produce meth were also found in that home, according to police.

On Thursday, police searched a home on Willann Lane in Spotsylvania where they arrested Hysell and charged her with conspiracy to violate the drug act and manufacturing methamphetamine.

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