Two arrested for drugs in Belmont

On Thursday at  6:41am, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Belmont Police Department and the Richland, Iowa, Grant Drug Task Force, executed a narcotics search warrant on a residence on South Mound Avenue, in the Village of Belmont. The search warrant resulted in the arrest of two individuals. 47-year-old Misty M. Gobrecht and 20-year-old Connor W.H. Varvil were taken into custody and transported to the Lafayette County Jail. Gobrecht remains in custody, pending an initial appearance in Lafayette County Circuit Court. Varvil was booked into jail and then released on a signature bond, pending his initial appearance in Lafayette County Circuit Court. Gobrecht has been tentatively charged with Possession of Cocaine with intent to deliver, within 1000 feet of a daycare, Possession of THC with intent to deliver, within 1000 feet of a daycare, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place. Varvil has been tentatively charged with Possession of THC with intent to deliver, within 1000 feet of a daycare, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place. This case will be forwarded to the Lafayette County District Attorney’s Office for evaluation of additional charges.