“Operation Just and Necessary” combined the efforts of the US Marshals Southern District of West Virginia CUFFED Task Force and West Virginia Police worked to check for compliance of sex offenders on the sex offender registry.
Lafever was arrested after a search warrant by the West Virginia State Police Crimes Against Children’s Unit. The Parkersburg Narcotics Force, Parkersburg Police Department, and Homeland Security assisted with the investigation.
The administration of Governor Jim Justice on March 22 addressed the alleged theft committed by a West Virginia State Police trooper shown in surveillance footage released earlier in the week.
A major drug trafficking investigation has resulted in the largest seizure of methamphetamine in West Virginia state history, according to the United States Department of Justice.