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| Alisha Jane Blanton |
MCARTHUR - The village police department reported that on August 1 at
approximately 7 :32 p.m. , Officer
Hixson initiated a traffic stop on
a vehicle on Engle Drive in for a minor traffic
violation. According to Hixson, the driver, identified as Alisha
Blanton, 37, of McArthur, consented to search the vehicle after Hixson observed
what he described as criminal indicators.
The search yielded alleged multiple
items of drug paraphernalia along with items which used in the illegal
manufacturin g of
methamphetamine. It is also alleged that Blanton had
illegally requested others to purchase pseudoephedrine-based medication from
multiple pharmacies in the area.
Blanton is being held without bail at the Southeast ern Ohio Regional Jail in Nelsonville pending
an arraignment scheduled for Aug. 1 3.
A felony charge of
possession of illegal
chemicals for manufacture of methamphetamin e, misdemeanor
charges of unlawful purchase of pseudoephedrine and possession of illegal drug
paraphernalia have been forwarded to the Vinton County Prosecutor ’s office . Other
charges are pending the results of laboratory testing.
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