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Robert Ward (Credit: Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office) A jury has found a Charlotte County man guilty of four drug-related charges. Robert Ward, 40, was found guilty of trafficking in amphetamines, possession of paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a controlled substance, according to a news release from the State Attorney’s Office for the 20th Judicial Circuit. In Aug. of 2019, a Charlotte County sheriff’s deputy attempted to make a traffic stop near Mango Drive in Punta Gorda. The driver, Ward, accelerated and drove around a corner. He was detained by the deputy at his friend’s house. Deputies found heroin in his vehicle and a methamphetamine pipe in his car. Later on, deputies also found methamphetamine along the stretch of road that Ward drove by. Ward’s sentencing is scheduled for May 14.