From left, Scotty Mack Grifith, of Jellico, and Billy Lee Johns, Ashley Deane Johnson, and Danny Ray Osborne, all of Williamsburg, were arrested Tuesday in Tennessee on meth charges.
Three Williamsburg residents and a Jellico man are facing felony methamphetamine charges after they were arrested by police in Tennessee during a traffic stop Tuesday.
According to the Blount County Sheriff’s Department, Billy Lee Johns, 33; Ashley Deane Johnson, 25; and Danny Ray Osborne, 37, all of Williamsburg, along with 40-year-old Scotty Mack Griffith of Jellico were arrested. All four are currently lodged in the Blount County Jail awaiting trial.
Investigators say they were told of "suspicious" individuals purchasing and attempting to purchase pseudoephedrine from a store in Blount County on Tuesday. The drug, a common ingredient in many of the most effective over-the-counter cold medicines, is a primary component used in methamphetamine production. Griffith and Johnson allegedly bough pseudoephedrine from a pharmacy there.
Police pulled the four over for a traffic violation on Alcoa Highway. Griffith, Johnson and Osborne told authorities they had purchased the pseudoephedrine so they could make meth.
A fifth person who was riding in the vehicle was not charged.
Griffith is charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine and he is being held on a $55,000 bond.
Johnson was charge with promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. She is being held in jail on $50,000 bond. She was also wanted for warrants issued in Campbell County, Tenn.
Osborne is charged with with promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He faces and additional charge of criminal impersonation for allegedly giving police a bogus name during the traffic stop. He is being held on $57,000 bond and was also wanted on a criminal warrant from Whitley County.
Johns is charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and posssession of drug paraphernalia. He’s being held on a total of $7,000 bond.
A four are scheduled for an arraignment hearing on the charges Oct. 28.
