FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Deputies Arrest 2 Tennessee Men For Marijuana Trafficking
Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports:
At about 3pm yesterday (May 5), a deputy sheriff on routine patrol on Interstate 75 near Calhoun stopped a Tennessee automobile for a minor traffic violation. A subsequent search of the vehicle’s interior revealed approximately 25 pounds of processed marijuana packaged for resale. The 2 occupants, subsequently identified as Kenneth Lynn Parks, age 47, of Johnson City, Tennessee, and Frank Lawrence Hamilton III, age 47, also of Johnson City, Tennessee, were both arrested at the scene without incident and charged with Trafficking in Marijuana. The car was seized and will be subject to asset forfeiture proceedings in Superior Court. Both defendants are in jail awaiting bond proceedings.
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