Drug Arrest in Giles County

ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 6:05 A.M. GILES COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO RED BUD LANE NEAR VALES MILL RD. FOR A MALE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY ACTING VERY ERRATIC AND BELIEVED TO BE HALLUCINATING. DEPUTY BISHOP, MEZA ABARCA AND SGT. ALMADA WERE DISPATCHED AND LOCATED THE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS DETERRIUS MCCLAIN. UPON PULLING UP AND MAKING INITIAL CONTACT, DEPUTIES OBSERVED HIM THROW A PLASTIC BAG INTO THE GRASS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MR. MCCLAIN APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A STIMULANT TO THE EXTENT DEPUTIES REQUESTED MEDICAL AID FOR HIM. WHILE WAITING FOR MEDICAL STAFF TO ARRIVE, DEPUTY BISHOP LOCATED THE BAG MR. MCCLAIN THREW INTO THE GRASS. THE BAG CONTAINED 33- M30 PILLS, (M30 PILLS ARE A COUNTERFEIT OXYCODONE PILL COMMONLY LACED WITH FENTANYL AND ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL), THE PILLS FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR FENTANYL. ALSO LOCATED WAS 25.7 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, 14.4 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND ASSORTED DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. MR. MCCLAIN WAS EVALUATED BY PARAMEDICS AND ONCE MEDICALLY CLEARED, HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE GILES COUNTY JAIL. MCCLAIN WAS CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS FOR RESALE.

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