RESTON, VA — A Reston man with a prior felony drug conviction is facing federal firearms charges after investigators alleged he sold methamphetamine and fentanyl to a confidential informant over several weeks before a search of his home uncovered a handgun, suspected narcotics, cash and drug packaging materials.
Michael Broffitt is charged in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The charges stem from a Fairfax County Police Department narcotics investigation that was later adopted federally, according to an affidavit filed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
According to the affidavit, investigators allege Broffitt sold methamphetamine and suspected fentanyl to a Fairfax County police confidential informant between March 10 and April 29. Based on that investigation, detectives obtained a Virginia search warrant for Broffitt's residence in the 11600 block of Foxclove Road in Reston.
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