Auburn Police seized 11 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl and multiple firearms.
On Nov. 17, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Thomas Sidney Standfill, 61, with violation of the uniform controlled substances act and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. According to the Auburn Police Department, after a months-long investigation, the department’s Special Investigations Unit arrested two men, including Standfill, whom officers believed were selling and distributing narcotics. According to the prosecutor’s office, charges were not referred for the second man.
According to court documents, Standfill entered a plea of not guilty on Nov 20. According to the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention jail lookup portal, Standfill is being held on a $50,000 bail at the King County Correctional Facility.
Details of the case
According to charging documents, from August to November 2025, Auburn’s Special Investigations Unit utilized a confidential informant to conduct a series of controlled narcotics buys from Standfill. The investigation revealed that Standfill was distributing narcotics from his home in the 23000 block of 102nd Avenue SE in Kent. Additionally, officers found he had drugs and guns in his storage units in Kent.
At about 2:30 p.m. Nov. 12, one of Standfill’s vehicles was observed leaving a property in Graham before he made his way to his storage units in Kent. Officers then observed Standfill opening his storage units, and officers subsequently arrested him.
Documents state that officers searched Standfill’s vehicle, and they found four pre-packaged bags of suspected methamphetamine and two pre-packaged bags of suspected fentanyl. The total weight of the methamphetamine was about one pound, and the weight of the fentanyl was 84.7 grams.
Officers also found a revolver with three unfired rounds in the cylinder. Documents state that Standfill is not legally allowed to possess firearms.
Officers searched a trailer that Standfill owns and located nine pre-packaged bags that each weighed about one pound, which officers suspected of containing methamphetamine. Officers also located inside the trailer one and a half grams of suspected black tar heroin and 6.2 grams of suspected fentanyl. The suspected methamphetamine and heroin tested positive as being those substances, but the suspected fentanyl’s test was inconclusive.
Documents state that in one of Standfill’s storage units, officers located 11 firearms that included rifles, shotguns and pistols.
