Five Arrested After Police Find Meth Operation

Last updated on Wednesday, May 6, 2015

(BEDFORD) - The Lawrence County Drug Task Force arrested 5 people after they performed controlled drug buys and secured search warrants early this morning.

Arrested were:

32-year-old Tandi Gates of Bedford - a felony count of dealing meth, possession of meth, visiting a common nuisance, possession of drug paraphernalia
41-year-old Michael Gates of Williams - felony count of dealing meth, possession of meth, visiting a common nuisance, possession of drug paraphernalia
36-year-old Daniel Pace of Bedford - two counts of dealing meth, possession of meth, two felony counts of possession of meth with the intent to deliver, two felony counts of possession of meth, visiting a common nuisance, possession of drug paraphernalia.
23-year-old Tylan Davis of Bedford - two felony counts of dealing meth, two felony counts of possession of meth with the intent to deliver, two felony counts of possession of meth, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of drug paraphernalia, petition to revoke probation
30-year-old Steven Correll of Bedford - two felony counts of dealing meth, two felony counts of possession of meth with the intent to deliver, two felony counts of possession of meth, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of drug paraphernalia

According to Lawrence County Sheriff Mike Branham, task force officers were able to perform two controlled buys and witnessed another hand-to-hand buy at 939 Peerless Road over the last few days.

Officers secured a search warrant for the home inside the home they found Pace, Correll, Davis and Tandi Gates and Michael Gates.

"The informant purchased more than 14 grams of crystal meth," Branham says. "Investigators located another 1.99 grams of meth and marked 'buy' money in the pant pockets of Daniel Pace at the time the search warrant was executed. In addition, investigators found a loaded syringe, ledgers of their meth business, drug paraphernalia, a bottle of MSM which is a known cutting agent for meth."

Police also found that Tandi Gates and Tylan Davis had syringes.

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