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January 26, 2021
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force has released drug bust statistics from the past year. Sheriff Mat King says in 2020 there were 34 drug related search warrants and 183 traffic stops executed, resulting 218 arrests for drug related activity in the county. King, speaking to WPHM’s Paul Miller yesterday, says the number one drug is the county is methamphetamine. In fact, the amount of meth seized by the drug task force over the past year more than doubled, from about 1100 grams in 2019 to 2600 grams in 2020. The Drug Task Force this past year also seized 180 grams of cocaine and 121 grams of heroin.
Suspect Flees To Canada After Fatal Hit-and-Run
LUBBOCK, TX – A 29-year-old Shallowater man has been indicted and charged in connection to a fatal hit-and-run.
According to law enforcement, Benjamin Mitchell was traveling in a Buick Lacrosse 4600 block of Avenue Q.
An officer who was traveling in the opposite direction on Ave Q observed Mitchell driving at a high rate of speed. Before he could turn around and conduct a traffic stop, the officer heard tires screeching and the impact of the crash.
Mitchell had struck a motorcycle and left the scene without stopping to check on the two riders.
The riders were identified as 40-year-old Anthony Childers and 31-year-old Barbara Matthews of Hobbs, New Mexico. They died at the scene.