China Grove man faces new charges for heroin trafficking

New charges have been filed against a Rowan County man who was charged in late September with trafficking in heroin.

Zachary Todd Rumple, 25, of China Grove, faces new charges from Iredell County that emerged from a joint investigation between the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, the Kannapolis Police Department, and the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.

The new charges from Iredell include trafficking heroin or opium, according to WBTV, the Observer’s news partner.

Rumple was booked into the Rowan County Detention Center in September after investigators stopped him and his father when they were leaving Rumple’s home, at 210 Liz Cortland Road, according to a report from the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

Rumple’s father is Christopher “Todd” Rumple, 47, of Kannapolis.

During the traffic stop, officers seized about $3,000 from Christopher Rumple, according to the sheriff’s report. Investigators later searched Christopher Rumple’s residence and seized $6,520, handguns, ammunition, high-powered rifles and shotguns and drug paraphernalia, the report says.

They found an additional $2,470 in a search of Zachary Rumple’s residence, along with drug paraphernalia, the report says.

Both men are charged with selling heroin to undercover officers on multiple occasions, the report says.

Zachary Rumple has at least 10 felony drug convictions in North Carolina, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office. He was out on a $1 million bond when he was arrested in September. He faces five drug charges in Rowan County.

Christopher Rumple has been released from the Rowan County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond, the report says.

This story was originally published November 22, 2015 at 1:09 PM with the headline "China Grove man faces new charges for heroin trafficking."