July 25, 2019–11:00 a.m.

GORDON COUNTY SHERRIF’S OFFICE

At about 10:30 a.m. yesterday (July 24), deputy sheriffs stopped a suspicious Ford pickup truck near the intersection of Red Bud Road and Warrior Path in Calhoun.

The truck was occupied by a local man subsequently identified as one Jonathan Taylor Johnson, age 41, of 100 Thomas Street, Calhoun.

A search of this truck revealed large quantities of both methamphetamine and heroin. Johnson was taken into custody without incident.

The ‘street value’ of the drugs is over $5000.00. Johnson has been charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine and Trafficking in Heroin.

He remains lodged in jail pending bond.