On 01/6/2022, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Karly Gurganus, 24 years of age, of 1141 Water Road in Washington and Michael Bray, 31 years of age of 109 Bradley Lane in Washington.
Gurganus was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (heroin) on Jail Premises and Conspiracy to Deliver a Controlled Substance (heroin) on Jail premises with Michael Bray.
Bray was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (heroin) on Jail Premises, Conspiracy to Deliver a Controlled Substance (heroin) on Jail premises with Karley Gurganus, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Heroin, Possession of Heroin and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Their arrest stemmed from Investigators receiving information that Gurganus, who was confined in the Beaufort County Detention Center was trying to get heroin smuggled in. Knowing the dangers of heroin laced with fentanyl and overdoses, Investigators immediately notified the Detention Center.
The Detention Center received under clothing for Gurganus that was from Bray. The Detention Officer’s searched the clothing and found a quantity of heroin sewed in side a piece of clothing.
After finding the heroin in the clothing, Investigators executed a Search Warrant on Bray’s residence and found a plastic bag containing 2 grams of heroin.
Gurganus was confined in the Beaufort County Detention Center Under a $150,000.00 secured bond.
Bray was confined in the Beaufort County Detention Center under a $40,000.00 secured bond.
Sheriff Ernie Coleman stated “If these dangerous drugs would have entered my jail they would have been distributed to other inmates with a potentially devastating outcome of hospitalizations and possible overdose deaths. The cost in lives and monetary cost to the tax payers would have been long lasting. This is just one sample of how my Drug Unit works in Beaufort County to reduce the carnage that drugs have had on our society.”
