RINGGOLD, Ga. — Important evidence in a criminal investigation into the brother of a state representative is missing.
The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested Wesley Gage Weldon on Feb. 13 after finding methamphetamine inside his house while trying to serve him with a restraining order. Four days later, an investigator returned to the location of the arrest, looking for the camera that he said held pictures of the drugs as the sheriff’s office found them.
Detective Scott Jordan wrote in his application for a search warrant that a member of the sheriff’s office accidentally left the camera behind. But after looking through the house, Jordan returned empty-handed.
“The item was not located,” he wrote in an incident report, adding no explanation.
State Rep. Tom Weldon, who also works as an attorney and is the defendant’s brother, declined to comment Wednesday, citing attorney-client privilege.