TWO FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEFS ARE CONTINUING TO FIND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW. A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED FORMER DAMASCUS POLICE CHIEF ANTHONY RICHARDSON ON THREE COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE TWO DRUGS, TWO COUNTS EACH OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, DISTRIBUTION OF IMITATION DRUGS, POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE TWO DRUGS, GRAND LARCENY OF A FIREARM AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH DRUGS. MEANWHILE, FORMER CHILHOWIE POLICE CHIEF DWAYNE SHEFFIELD IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS EACH OF DISTRIBUTION OF SCHEDULE TWO DRUGS, CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT AS WELL AS ONE COUNT OF CONSPRIACY TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE TWO DRUGS. HE WAS ALREADY ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL. SHEFFIELDS’S WIFE NANCY AND RALPH MILLER WERE ALSO ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES AS WELL. A FIFTH WOMAN, MELISSA RICKMAN WAS ARRESTED AS OFFICERS EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT MILLER’S HOME IN GLADE SPRING. WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN SAYS THE ARRESTS STEM FROM AN INVESTIGATION THAT STARTED IN APRIL AND IT WAS DETERMINED THEY WERE ACQUANTANCES WHO KNEW EACH OTHER AS A RESULT OF THE ALLEGED DRUG ACTIVITY.