Sheriff’s Office Breaks Up Major Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy in Eastern Gordon County

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Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Sheriff’s Office Breaks Up Major Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy in Eastern Gordon Couny

Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports:

Following a month long investigation, deputy sheriffs have arrested two women and issued warrants for a third defendant in a major methamphetamine conspiracy/trafficking operation in eastern Gordon County. Beginning in early September, deputies developed information regarding a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine into eastern Gordon County by a Chatsworth woman and a Marietta woman. Following many hours of surveillance and intelligence gathering, an undercover deputy met with both defendants on a number of separate occasions in locations in and about the eastern part of the county, where this deputy purchased several large quantities of methamphetamine. On Tuesday afternoon, September 23rd, deputies arrested Jana Diane Bishop, age 25, of Chatsworth, Georgia as she arrived at a secluded location on Hightower Loop to meet with the undercover officer. The following day, Wednesday, September 24th, deputies arrested Mackenzie G. Dare, age 19, of Marietta, Georgia when she arrived for a meeting with the undercover officer near Red Bud Road / US Highway 411. Arrest warrants have been issued for a third defendant who is being actively sought. Deputies assigned to the case describe Bishop and Dare as the ‘principle defendants’, and have reason to believe that the two women were involved in the distribution of methamphetamine on a wide scale in Gordon County for some time. During the course of this investigation, deputies seized over $8000.00 worth of processed methamphetamine packaged for resale. Bishop and Dare have both been charged with Conspiracy to Traffic in Methamphetamine, Trafficking Methamphetamine, and Sale of Methamphetamine. Both defendants are being held in the county jail pending bond proceedings.