Crystal Dawn CookThe DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is reporting five people arrested on drug charges over a couple day period in the county.
“We are still having to deal with meth labs but the majority of the methamphetamine we see now is coming from outside our area,” said DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris, in a press release. “Northeast Alabama is being used as a distribution hub for the Cartels and we are working daily with our federal partners to curb this activity. As long as there is a demand for this drug they will try to get it here.”
Timothy Brandon Richards, 31, was arrested June 3 after drug task force agents served a warrant at a residence on County Road 768 in Ider. Agents discovered Richards with a lab ready to start producing meth, drug paraphernalia and already produced methamphetamine. Additionally a small child was taken from the residence and placed with family members.
Richards is being held at the DeKalb County Detention Center on charges of unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance in the first degree, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Samuel Edward Simpson II, 35, Brandy Nicole Rothell, 30, and Crystal Dawn Cook, 39, were arrested June 5 after Fort Payne Police officers responded to a noise complaint at an apartment in North Fort Payne.