Jeremy Mayfield arrested for meth possession

[Uncle Bill]

Wed Nov 02 10:50am EDT

Jeremy Mayfield arrested for meth possession

By Jay Busbee

The long fall of Jeremy Mayfield continues with the news that he was arrested Tuesday night in Catawba, North Carolina on charges of meth possession.

The Catawba County Sheriff's Office had visited Mayfield's home to investigate charges of stolen property, and during a search turned up 1.5 grams of methamphetamine. The search also found items that may or may not have been stolen. Mayfield is out of prison on a $3,000 bond.

Mayfield's story is one of the most unfortunate in recent racing history. A Chase-level driver as recently as 2005, his final race was the Richmond spring event in 2009. Soon afterward, he was suspended for failing a random drug test at Richmond. Mayfield fought the results of the test, saying they were skewed by his use of allergy and attention-deficit medicine.

From there, the story devolved into grim farce, with Mayfield, his relations and NASCAR throwing charges back and forth regarding possible meth cooking, suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Mayfield's father, and an alleged conspiracy by Brian France and others to keep Mayfield out of NASCAR.

The police report, according to the AP, listed Mayfield as "unemployed."

Pizzed it all away. I guess he's removed all doubt now.

[Ice Shack Baby]

Another news story with a little bit more info:

CATAWBA, NC (WBTV) - Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was arrested Tuesday night on drug charges and detectives say they found methamphetamine, dozens of guns and nearly $100,000 in stolen goods from his home.

Mayfield was arrested in his home in the town of Catawba on possession of methamphetamine charges, according to the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies had gone to Mayfield's home to execute a search warrant on a tip that there was stolen property in the house.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, detectives found 40 firearms, 1 1/2 grams of meth and a number of items that had been stolen from Lee Boy Inc. and Larry Grant, Inc., a trucking company in Lincolnton.

The stolen goods were located in a building and trailers on Mayfield's property and were returned to the owners.

Detectives say the items recovered for Lee Boy, Inc. included heavy equipment parts, scrap metal, welders and welding accessories and other heavy equipment items.

The items that belonged to Larry Grant, Inc. included various truck parts, an engraving machine, truck mirrors, electric motor controllers and items that were stored in his warehouse on South Grove Street.

Detectives estimate the total value of the stolen goods at nearly $100,000.

During the search, deputies said they also found methamphetamine in the home. The investigation is continuing and additional charges are pending in the case.

Mayfield has a scheduled court appearance Wednesday morning. His is out of jail on a $3,000 bond.

NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was suspended indefinitely after failing a random drug test in May 2009.

The result stems from a test at Richmond International Raceway.

Later Mayfield told WBTV the results of this test were not accurate. He claimed the results turned up positive because he took allergy medicine and Adderal for his Attention Deficit Disorder.

Mayfield and NASCAR were then involved in various lawsuits.

[harvey lee]

I have no idea what is true and what is not but this is very sad if true.

[PurpleFloyd]

Sad

[SkunkedAgain]

I'm not throwing the guy down the chute, but the behaviors seem consistent with meth use. Hopefully this is rock bottom for Jeremy and he can get his life back in order. If so, maybe a guy like Mark Martin can show him the path back to NASCAR after he cleans up his life.