A25-4227 - Drug And Firearm Investigation Arrest, Kelso, WA (Photo) -03/17/25
PRESS RELEASE
A25-4227 – SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN DRUG AND FIREARMS INVESTIGATION
MARCH 15, 2025
On February 25, 2025, Detectives with the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Crime Reduction Team served a search warrant for a parcel in the 1400 block of S. 5th. Ave, Kelso, based on an investigation regarding drug and firearms offenses. The parcel contains multiple structures, some of which have been converted for residential use, though tax records show this to be unimproved land. Due to weapons information, and multiple suspects believed to be present on the premises, the warrant was served with the assistance of Lower Columbia SWAT.
During the service of the search warrant, Detectives contacted two of the suspects in this investigation. Detectives recovered an AR pistol with no serial number, a U-Haul car trailer valued at approximately $5,600 that had been reported stolen out of Spokane, and various illegal drugs, scales, packaging materials and a variety of and varied amounts of unmarked prescription pills in addition to other evidence.
The primary subject of this investigation, Roddy Eric Avery, was not on-scene when the warrant was served. Attempts to locate him in the days following the warrant service were not successful. Avery’s prior criminal convictions prohibit him from possessing firearms.
On the evening of March 13, 2025, CRT Detectives located Avery driving on Pleasant Hill Road. He was taken into custody without incident in Castle Rock and was booked into the Cowlitz County Jail on charges of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Firearm, Possession of Stolen Property 1st Degree, Possession of a Legend Drug with Intent to Deliver, Knowing Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possessing Motor Vehicle Theft Tools.
On March 14, 2025, Detectives executed a search warrant for the vehicle Avery was arrested in. Substances believed to be fentanyl and methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and other evidence related to the South Kelso warrant, were located in the vehicle.
Detectives have filed a summons request for Amanda Avery on charges of Knowing Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Legend Drug without a Prescription. A third subject may also face charges, pending lab results of evidence located during the initial search warrant.