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CRIME & SAFETY
ACSO arrests pair on drug charges
NEWLAND — Two individuals were charged with drug offenses according to a press release from Avery County Sheriff Mike Henley. On June 28, narcotics detectives with the Avery County Sheriff’s Office arrested 48-year-old Samantha Dawn Coffey during a covert operation involving Avery-Mitchell correctional facility, the release stated. Coffey was charged with trafficking opiates, possession with intent to sell/deliver a Schedule III controlled substance (x2), possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana, and possession of controlled substance on jail/prison premises. Coffey is currently held under a $35,000 bond, according to the release. Henley also reported that on June 12, detectives and officers with the Avery County Sheriff’s Office conducted a check of a suspicious person in the Elk Park community. During the encounter, Luther Ryan Ollis, 40, of Elk Park was charged with possession with intent to sell/deliver methamphetamine. Ollis is currently held under a $22,000 bond, according to the release.
Friends of missing Carter County man still looking for answers
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – According to friends and family, 61-year-old Victor Birchfield left the Elizabethton Municipal Airport around 6:50 am on Thursday, June 20. He was reported missing by his daughter the next day. After two weeks, those who know Birchfield are still searching for answers. Birchfield worked in aircraft maintenance at the Elizabethton Airport. […]
Questions remain around inmate Fletcher’s trusty status
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — If authorities could turn back time, Carter County jail inmate Billy Fletcher — whose escape is thought to be connected to the disappearance of still missing 61-year-old Victor Birchfield — probably wouldn’t have had trusty status allowing him to work outside the jail building with little supervision. “Had Carter County […]
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