Skip to main content
Friday, October 30, 2026Oct 30

This story is free to read.

Five arrested in Whitfield meth bust

Authorities in Whitfield County arrested five people Monday on meth charges and four of them were still in jail Wednesday, held without bond.

Gary Hardin, 55; Christopher Kirkland, 38; Robert Morrison, 42; and Robert Walker, 24, were still in jail, police said, while Ronald Eleazer, 33, bonded out.

Kirkland faces additional charges of account fraud and using a false name, according to police. Morrison also faces an additional charge of possession of a firearm, police said.

The specifics of the arrests and what led authorities to make them was unclear Wednesday afternoon.

Messages left with an investigator were not immediately returned.