Following a court appearance on Monday, the case against an Elizabethton man charged with selling drugs and firearms was bound over to the Grand Jury.

Travis E. Rydbeck, 33, of 808 E. C St., Elizabethton, appeared in Carter County General Sessions Court on Monday morning on charges of the sale of Schedule I drugs, the sale of Schedule II drugs (methamphetamine), possession of drug paraphernalia, and two counts of the unlawful sale of a firearm.

Judge Keith Bowers Jr. bound the case against Rydbeck over to the Carter County Grand Jury after Rydbeck’s appearance on Monday.

The charges against Rydbeck stem from investigations conducted jointly by the Elizabethton Police Department and Carter County Sheriff’s Office. According to court documents, drug unit officers conducted a drug purchase from Rydbeck using a confidential informant in April 2017. During that transaction, according to officers, the informant purchased methamphetamine from Rydbeck at a gas station.

In January 2018, according to court documents, officers used confidential informants on two occasions to buy firearms and drugs from Rydbeck at his residence on East C Street.

In the first incident in early January, undercover officers used the informant to purchase heroin and a .22LR pistol from Rydbeck, according to court documents.

Just a few days later, officers used a confidential informant to purchase another firearm from Rydbeck, this time a .357 Magnum Revolver. That purchase was also made at Rydbeck’s residence, according to court documents.

On January 11, officers from the Elizabethton Police Department and Carter County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at Rydbeck’s home at 808 E. C St. At that time, officers arrested Rydbeck on a warrant charging him with the sale of Schedule II drugs (methamphetamine). Officers also charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia that day in connection with items found in the home during the search.

In March, officers served Rydbeck with warrants charging him with the sale of Schedule I narcotics in connection with the heroin purchase and two counts of the unlawful sale of a firearm in connection with the weapons purchases.