We have more news on several arrests made earlier this year in March (2022) that reportedly involved about $25,000 worth of cocaine that was confiscated by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics division. In that case, detectives conducted a search warrant at an address on Rocky Lane off of Old Lascassas Road. The warrant allowed for detectives to find and confiscate over a pound of cocaine.
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Sgt. Sedric Fields stated, “While searching the reside .
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - WGNS has more information on a Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office investigation that led to the confiscation of about $25,000 worth of cocaine on Wednesday (03/02/2022). The Sheriff’s Office reported that narcotics detectives located approximately 1.2-pounds of cocaine after serving a search warrant on Rocky Lane off Old Lascassas Road.In addition to the cocaine, Sgt. Sedric Fields reports he also found several sets of digital scales, a small amount of marijua .
An inmate overdosed after she ingested a substance believed to be fentanyl allegedly given to her by another inmate while they waited to be booked Tuesday (Feb. 8, 2022) at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, said Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh.The drugs were hidden inside the suspect’s body, the sheriff said.“As long as people are willing to hide deadly illicit substances in their body orifices, it makes it extremely difficult to detect and to recover without medical intervention,& .