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Drug unit brings multiple felony charges

Hensley

By Bill Moss, Published: November 7, 2016

Henderson County Sheriff’s Direct Enforcement Team detectives charged a 60-year-old Etowah man with multiple drug felonies last week after they responded to reports from neighbors of suspicious activity at his house.

James Franklin Hensley Jr. of Shalom Lane on Tuesday was charged with the following offenses and was released the following day on an $18,500 secured bond:

1) Felony Maintaining a Dwelling for Keeping and Selling Controlled Substances (Methamphetamine)
2) Felony Possession with Intent to Sell or Distribute (Methamphetamine)
3) Felony Possession of a Firearm by a Felon
4) Misdemeanor Simple Possession of Schedule II, Schedule III and Schedule IV Controlled Substances
5) Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

In an unrelated arrest last Wednesday the Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and Direct Enforcement Team detectives executed a search warrant at 318 Jody Street in East Flat Rock that led them to find and seize crack cocaine, methamphetamine, prescription pills (Oxycodone) and drug paraphernalia. Harvey Franklin Hunt Jr., 35, was charged with the following offenses and released on a $32,000 secured bond:

1) Felony Possession w/ Intent to Sell and Deliver Cocaine
2) Felony Possession w/ Intent to Sell and Deliver Methamphetamine
3) Felony Possession w/Intent to Sell and Deliver Schedule II Controlled Substance (Oxycodone)
4) Felony Maintain a Vehicle/Dwelling/Place w/ Controlled Substances