Police Arrest Trio after Drug Bust

LONGVIEW — Three Longview residents were arrested Thursday after police said they found methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and weapons inside a home in the 400 block of Gayle Street. According to the Longview News-Journal, Stasha Arianna Benfield, 38, Amos Edward Simmons, 34, and James Timothy Peery, 37, were arrested after agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency, the County Organized Drug Enforcement Unit and the Longview Swat Team executed a search warrant at the house.

Benfield (pictured) was arrested on suspicion of two counts of possession of between one and four grams of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. She was held Friday in the Gregg County Jail on more than $20,000 in bonds.

Simmons was also arrested on charges of possession of between one and four grams of a controlled substance and possession of less than two ounces of marijuana. He was held Friday in the Gregg County Jail on three bonds totaling $20,500.

Peery was arrested on charges of possession of between one and four grams of a controlled substance, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. He was held Friday in the Gregg County Jail on bonds totaling more than $30,000.