Man accused of having meth in his sock at Lewis County Jail claims it was horse vitamins

Emily Fitzgerald, The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.
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May 17—A man arrested while a Lewis County Sheriff's Office deputy was investigating a horse abuse case in Silver Creek on Wednesday is accused of bringing meth into the Lewis County Jail.

Winton Standish Huffman, 61, was arrested on an outstanding warrant after the deputy located him at 107 Filbert Road in Silver Creek where a horse was allegedly being abused, according to court documents.

Charges in the animal abuse case had not been filed in Lewis County Superior Court as of Friday afternoon.

Huffman allegedly told the arresting deputy he did not have drugs on his person at the time of his arrest, according to court documents. When he was booked into the jail at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, jail staff found a clear plastic baggie inside Huffman's sock containing a crystal substance that field-tested as meth.

When asked, Huffman allegedly "said it was horse vitamins," according to court documents.

He was charged Thursday with one count of possession of a controlled substance while in a county or local correctional facility, which is a class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

Huffman has since stated he did not know he had meth in his possession when he was booked into the jail, according to defense attorney Rachael Tiller.

A judge released him on $5,000 unsecured bail for that case on Thursday, though he was still in custody Friday afternoon on bail for the unrelated Lewis County District Court case he was arrested on.

Arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, May 23.