A26-3009 Crime Reduction Team Search Warrant With Multiple Arrests (Photo) - 02/11/26
PRESS RELEASE
A26-3009
CCSO CRIME REDUCTION TEAM WARRANT
On the morning of February 11, 2026, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Crime Reduction Team (CRT) served a search warrant on a residence in the 600 block of 32nd Ave, Longview, with assistance from Lower Columbia SWAT and the Longview Police Department Street Crimes Unit.
CRT detectives obtained a search warrant for the property based on an investigation of delivery of controlled substances. During the service of the search warrant detectives located controlled substances, cash, evidence of controlled substance delivery and a stolen firearm.
Multiple subjects were contacted during the search warrant service, with the following subjects being booked into Cowlitz County Jail on various charges:
Caleb Polzel, age 30, Longview – 3 counts of Deliver of Controlled Substance (Fentanyl) within 1000 Feet of a School Zone and Unlawful Use of a Building for Drug Purposes.
Jermaine Brown, age 43, Longview – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Unlawful Possession of Firearm, Possession of Stolen Firearm.
Jerome Garner, age 38, Kelso –Possession of Controlled Substance by Prisoner, Warrants for Theft 2nd Degree and Theft 3rd Degree.
Shasta Shaw, age 25, Kelso – Misdemeanor Warrants (3) for Possession of Controlled Substance.
Faith Cadle, age 21, Toledo – Department of Corrections Felony Warrant.
Troy Brightbill
Chief Criminal Deputy
Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office