The Triad pastor whose story-tale rise from deaf-mute at birth to playing guitar for Jimmy Buffett, then turning a living room church ministry into a congregation of thousands, remains entangled in an unresolved weapons and drug case on the West Coast.

The Rev. David Tildon McGee of The Bridge Fellowship was arrested a year ago after Las Vegas police found an assault rifle, body armor and fentanyl in his hotel room, according to an arrest report by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He is charged with two counts of possession of fentanyl, two counts of transporting fentanyl and possession of a firearm during the commission of a drug- related charge.

The case was back in court this week but was continued to September.

McGee, who grew up in Greensboro, is represented by Las Veg

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