THC pens found at Davie High; investigation nets 3 arrests
Published 12:19 pm Sunday, February 23, 2025
By Mike Barnhardt
Enterprise Record
Three Davie people have been arrested after THC (marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient) vape pens were found in possession of students at Davie County High School
Davie Sheriff J.D. Hartman reported said school resource officers received tips about the sales, and during their investigation, devleoped enough evidence to search a residence on Rainbow Road in Advance.
That search was on Thursday, Feb. 20, and officers seized: more than 100 illegal THC vape pens, 142 grams of marijuana, cash and several firearms.
The only suspect at home – Lyle Anthony Pifer, 19, was wearing an ankle monitor as a condition of his pre-trial release, accused of attempted murder in January 2023.
He was charged with: felony maintaining a place for a controlled substance, 2 counts of felony possession of Schedule VI controlled substance, one count of possession with intent to sell synthetic cannaboids, one count of possession with intent to sell marijuana, and one count of possession of marijuana paraphernalia. He was taken into custody without privilege of bond, pending a March 6 first-appearance hearing in Davie District Court.
Hartman said that Pifer is not a student at Davie High.
Also arrested were Susan Carpenter Pifer, 49, and Paul Anthony Pifer, 54, of the same address on Rainbow Road, each charged with: felony maintaining a residence for a controlled substance, 2 counts possession of marijuana paraphernalia and 2 counts of felony possession of Schedule VI controlled substance. Both were taken into custody in lieu of a $50,000 bond each, pending March 6 court appearances.