A drug bust at a local gas station landed two Cleveland residents in jail. Deputies arrested Jeremy Keith May and Samantha Dawn Kinsey on February 23 at the Clipper gas station on South Main Street in Cleveland.
According to the White County Sheriff’s Office, one of its deputies was at the station fueling his patrol car. He walked by a parked vehicle at the store and noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.
“The deputy made contact with the driver and passenger. Upon further investigation, deputies located over 35 grams of methamphetamine inside the vehicle,” says White County Sheriff Rick Kelley.
Deputies arrested the 31-year-old May and 33-year-old Kinsey. Officers charged May with trafficking methamphetamine and possession of drug-related objects; they charged Kinsey with possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and possession of drug-related objects.
The suspects were both booked into the White County Detention Center. Kinsey was released February 24 on a $3,500 bond. May, whose online jail record shows previous meth-related arrests in 2016 and 2021, remains in jail without bond.
There have been multiple drug arrests made in counties and towns across Northeast Georgia in recent days. On February 23, eight people were arrested in Habersham and Lumpkin counties in unrelated cases, and on February 24, police arrested five people on drug charges in Toccoa. Each of the arrests involved at least one suspect being charged with trafficking meth.
