Matt Fariss has pleaded guilty to meth possession and having a firearm while possessing an illegal drug, a local report says.
A former Republican Virginia state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to felony gun and drug charges, according to a local report.Matt Fariss, 56, admitted to meth possession and having a firearm while possessing an illegal drug in Campbell Circuit Court on Wednesday, the Lynchburg News & Advance reported.
Chuck Felmlee, Fariss' lawyer, said the order was in the process of being dissolved but wasn't at the time of the March 23 traffic stop. Fariss was prohibited from possessing a firearm under the protective order.Laub dropped a misdemeanor charge of violating a protective order since the order was in the process of being dissolved at the time of the traffic stop, the prosecutor said.
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