Patrick County man charged with murder in connection to February drug-related death

RADFORD (WSLS 10) - Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection to a drug-related death which happened in February 2016.

Radford City police arrested Griffith Goodyear, of Stuart, after a grand jury returned indictments for felony murder and two counts of distribution of a Schedule III drug.

The charges are the result of a police investigation of the drug-related death of Shakeem D. James, who was found dead in his home, back in February.

Goodyear is being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail without bond.