The White County Sheriff’s office has released information about the arrest of two people last week on drug charges.
White County Sheriff Rick Kelley, in a news release, said on Thursday, May 2, deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by 41-year-old Matthew Young of Lawrenceville and Heather Rutledge, age 48, of Cumming.
Kelley said a K9 gave a positive alert to narcotics in the vehicle. During a subsequent search, he said deputies found a kilogram of suspected methamphetamine.
Authorities charged Young and Rutledge with trafficking meth. The sheriff’s office said Rutledge had an outstanding felony parole violation warrant against her.
Both were booked at the White County Detention Center.
