Growing issues within Madison County law enforcement and the judicial system over magistrate decisions are becoming a serious concern.
On August 17, 2026, Tim Cantrel signed a warrant for Mohamed Alsadi, owner of Marshall Vape Shop, also known as Sam. The alleged offense occurred on February 24, 2026.
Sam’s legal counsel contacted the Madison County Sheriff’s Office twice after the illegal raid to inquire about a pending warrant and was told there was none. When Sam called directly, the office confirmed a warrant existed, and he voluntarily turned himself in on Monday.
Below is the warrant signed by Magistrate Cantrell. Also, here is the original search warrant for Marshall Vape Shop, signed by Magistrate Elaine Edwards.
Please note that the Road Trip Mushroom Chocolate bar contains a new substance: 48 grams of psilocybin. What happened to the 4-Hydroxy-MET?
This is Toadstools, folks, and what happened to the Green Flower Jungle Juice, which tested at 12.57% THC, which Baby Kent attested to in the original search warrant when he called the owner a drug dealer?
This is the product below; it has a barcode on it in order to determine what is in it, and it can be bought online…
Below is the breakdown of this product from Marshall Vape Shop, the same which is stocked by all stores selling these items in Western NC.
It is unclear why investigators did not present these search warrants to a real judge and instead chose Elaine Edwards, Madison County Magistrate. One reason may be that Elaine Edwards had an interest in Buddy Harwood’s reelection.
Elaine Edwards the magistrate contributed to Harwood’s campaign,
You can’t make this up anymore.
These geniuses at the Sheriff’s Department and the magistrate’s office expect the public to believe that Sam bought these products, reinvented and unwrapped them, and took the time to add a toadstool for a cherry on top, for a mere profit of $26.00.
Buddy Harwood called in a favor to a campaign donor, Magistrate Elaine Edwards. Edwards is blatantly inexperienced and should never have considered signing this mess. This is an ethical and moral breach of her responsibilities as an officer of the court.
Given these concerns, Elaine Edwards should resign as Magistrate of Madison County.
Tim Cantrell, magistrate and former clerk of court, issued an arrest warrant that does not align with the elements of the original search warrant. The warrant lists the offense date as February, while the test was conducted in March. According to the Sheriff’s office, this is the typical timeframe for receiving test results from these facilities.
However, it is unclear how deputies were able to identify psilocybin in the candy bar within just a few days. Are you catching on?
More FUBAR in a candy bar, and Tim Cantrell should know better, as his own family his brother and sister-in-law- were targeted by the Republican Party and a Republican DA and selectively prosecuted. Their attorney was Sean Deveraux, who is currently representing Coy Phillips.
The Republican District Attorney dismissed the case, stating in his order that a fair trial was not possible due to the influence of a local blogger. However, the blogger was supporting the Cantrell family’s pursuit of the truth. Folks, that blogger was me…
To be convicted of possession with intent to sell in North Carolina, the prosecution must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant knowingly and intentionally possessed a controlled substance with the intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver it.
The prosecutor must demonstrate that the defendant intended to manufacture, sell, or deliver the substance, not just one of these actions. Because intent can be difficult to prove, prosecutors often rely on circumstantial evidence.
Some factors that may be considered include:
- The amount of drugs found
- The type of drug found
- The location where the drugs were found
- The presence of drug paraphernalia
- Any prior convictions or other evidence of drug dealing
The charge of knowingly and intentionally possessing a controlled substance with the intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver it.
Marshall Vape Shop and its owner, Sam, did not knowingly sell a controlled substance. The product was labeled with a barcode, and he acquired it with a scientific analysis of its contents.
Sam believed the product was legal. The Sheriff’s Department did not provide verifiable evidence that the product contained an illegal substance.
In fact, the product metamorphosed into another product while in the possession of the Sheriff’s Department, which has made documented racial claims against people of color and Yemeni descent. Sam had no intent or knowledge of selling any product that did not comply with NC statutes.
If rookie cop Kent had taken his sworn affidavit to a real Judge like Gary Gavenis, he wouldn’t have gotten to first base with this lunacy.
This ethnically charged action by a bigoted Christian Nationalist Sheriff’s Department appears to have been selectively prosecuted, focusing on certain groups while overlooking similar businesses associated with Buddy Harwood supporters. Additional evidence supporting this claim is provided below.
Buddy Harwood’s past assault and terrorizing of his first wife have resurfaced with great research and vigor.
Sarah Scully is actively addressing concerns regarding the sheriff of Madison County. Please see the excerpt and link below.
“Our child was in my arms when he threatened me w/knife,” reads a domestic violence protective order against Madison County Sheriff “Buddy” Harwood.
While investigating former Madison County Chief Deputy Coy Phillips, currently awaiting trial for 5 felonies and 2 misdemeanors, I received a tip from a former Madison County Sheriff’s Office employee that led me to the Buncombe County Courthouse and to the civil Clerk of Court records.
These specific civil records started in 1994, with the clerk flipping through files on a microfiche machine to find them.
And soon, I discovered a domestic violence protective order against Madison County Sheriff James Ernest “Buddy” Harwood for threatening his first wife with a knife while she held their 3-year-old daughter.
She said he “threatened to cut my throat with a knife if I called for help.”
The 39-page civil court records file details the year-long civil domestic violence protective order, a DVPO, filed against the then part-time Weaverville cop in 1994 from his spouse’s sworn testimony.
He violated the DVPO with a threatening phone call May 26, 1995, witnessed by her fellow co-worker at North Buncombe High School.
She said, “I am afraid that he will try to hurt me.”
The judge charged him with contempt of court and gave him a suspended sentence, which in 1995 did not give him a criminal record.
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government on Criminal Law Brittany Williams Bromell said in a Aug. 24 email that NC Senate Bill 627 changed the law for DVPO violations committed on or after Dec. 1, 1997 from a civil offense to a criminal conviction.
This law meant that someone who violated a DVPO after the 1997 change would have a criminal record with a Class A1 misdeamenor.
https://www.facebook.com/SARAHS4MVA2024
Below, Buddy Harwood’s donors, brother, and supporters try to attack Scully, but the public is not buying it.
Harwood is in trouble. If he goes down, they go down. The SBI has massive ongoing investigations into this group.
But the piece de resistance is below: a Buddy Harwood supporter, former employee of the Madison County sheriff and Buncombe, and a County White Nationalist bigot and poster child for the Madison County Republican Party. Priceless- CH
