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Four people arrested on drug charges in DeKalb County, Ala.

Christopher Justin Ray
Christopher Justin Ray Christopher Justin Ray
photo Kimberly Dawn Haston

Four people have been arrested on drug-related charges in the last week in DeKalb County, Ala., according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

On Dec. 13, deputies went to a home on County Road 602 to serve a warrant on Timothy Smith, 45, of Fort Payne. Deputies searched the home and found marijuana and a marijuana pipe. Smith was arrested on a felony warrant for failure to comply.

photo Christopher Justin Ray

Kimberly Dawn Haston, 23, of Henagar, was also arrested and charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

In another incident, the sheriff’s office received a tip Sunday about a stolen vehicle being at a home on Highway 75 in the Higdon community.

photo Jessica Constance Gilreath

As deputies and an Ider police officer arrived on the scene, they saw 37-year-old Christopher Ray, of Ringgold, running into the home and Jessica Constance Gilreath, 29 of Crawford, Tenn., sitting in a vehicle outside the home.