North Georgia man police have been seeking in connection with a Chickamauga drug bust is in the hospital.
Casey Gamble turned himself in to police Tuesday, but had to be taken to the hospital for drug overdose instead of to jail, Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said.
Police have been searching for Gamble since eight people were arrested earlier this month on charges of running a prescription drug ring.
Chickamauga police talked with Gamble on the phone Aug. 18. Police Chief Micheal Haney said Gamble told an officer he wouldn’t turn himself in and said “happy hunting” before hanging up.
Wilson said Gamble called his former Ridgeland High School resource officer and told the officer to meet him in Rossville Tuesday night. When Gamble was in the back of the police car headed to Walker County Jail, he started showing signs that of a drug or alcohol overdose and the officer pulled off the road.