Four people are facing drug-related charges in Bradley County after a search over the weekend yielded drugs and guns.
The arrests happened Saturday after deputies with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office were called to a local motel to investigate a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot, according to a news release.
Upon arrival, deputies located two men – Juan Sanchez Jr. and Jimmy Ogle – inside a Mercedes.
Juan Sanchez
Jimmy OgleOnce authorities determined Ogle had a warrant out for his arrest, he was asked to step out of the car.
That’s when deputies saw items commonly used in the sale of narcotics, the release states.
Sanchez, the driver, told deputies he had stopped at the motel to visit his friend “Reyes” in room 120.
A K-9 was deployed around the Mercedes and gave a positive alert for the odor of drugs in that car and a nearby Toyota Camry.
Deputies searched the Mercedes and found more than 2 pounds of methamphetamine under the driver’s seat and a loaded 9 mm handgun in the center console.
Sanchez was handcuffed and detained.
Deputies then went to room 120 and made contact with two people inside identified as Austin Lee Hill and Lluvia Selene Reyes. Reyes said she was the owner of the Camry.
Austin HillA search of the Camry then yielded methamphetamine and marijuana.
Inside the hotel room, detectives found about a half-ounce of methamphetamine and a .22-caliber revolver with the serial number filed off.
Sanchez Jr., Ogle, Hill and Reyes were all arrested on drug-related charges and taken to the Bradley County Justice Center.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations is assisting in the investigation.
At the time of the encounter, Reyes was out on bond after being arrested two days earlier on April 4 by agents with the 10th Judicial Drug Task Force after an investigation led to a traffic stop on Water Street in Charleston, Tennessee.
On the traffic stop, Agents found more than 30 grams of methamphetamine in her possession and charged her with possession of methamphetamine for resale.