FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

Dalton Couple Arrested For Drug Trafficking After Hit-And-Run

Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports:

At about 8:45pm Thursday (December 29) night, deputy sheriffs were dispatched along with state troopers to the scene of a hit-and-run automobile crash at Interstate 75 and US Highway 41 near Resaca. Citizen-witnesses at the scene directed deputies to the area to which the occupants of one of the automobiles had fled on foot. Deputies and troopers quickly established a perimeter and searched the area on foot with the aid of a Calhoun Police tracking dog, subsequently arresting Carlos Hurtado , age 25, and Marisele Pina, age 19, both of Dalton, Georgia. Both have been charged with: Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession of Methamphetamine With Intent to Distribute, and Possession of Marijuana.

 

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