Seven arrested in meth conspiracies

Seven suspects have been arrested after Alcorn County authorities broke up two separate groups accused of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine.
Darrell Hopkins with the Alcorn County Sheriff's Department Narcotics Unit said he and fellow officer Danny Holloway observed a white Ford Ranger stopping at several stores and its occupants allegedly entering and purchasing pseudoephedrine pills on Friday. The pills are used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
They called for backup and deputies Mackie Sexton and Terry Rider stopped the truck on U.S. Highway 72 near Strickland after also observing it driving erratically.
Hopkins said the driver of the vehicle, Arthur Ray Reeves, 46, of 365 Ackies Lane, Clifton, Tenn., appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine and told officers he had been using the drug.
A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of methamphetamine residue, needles used to inject the drug, boxes of pseudoephedrine pills and other items.
Reeves and three other occupants of the vehicle, Brittney Rene Price, 18, of 530 Hickory Street, Savannah, Tenn., Sonia Gail Arnold, 38, of 530 Hickory Street, Savannah and Tracy Lane Franks, 39, of 895 Maddox Loop, Savannah, were all charged with conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance. Bond was set for each at $10,000.
In a separate, unrelated case, officers with the unit received a tip last Wednesday that a white Pontiac with a Tennessee license plate was going to several businesses and the occupants were purchasing items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Hopkins said officers with the narcotics unit spotted the vehicle and made a traffic stop. After receiving consent from the driver to search the vehicle, several items used to make the drug were allegedly discovered. Following further interviews and investigation, the occupants of the car were arrested. The driver, David Morgan, 36, of 2458 Joe Dillon Road in Michie, Tenn., and passengers Angela Morgan, 29, of the same address and Daryl Hopper, 23, of 645 Carol Road of Michie were each charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Bond was set at $10,000 each.
In another separate, unrelated case, an inmate in the Alcorn County Jail and his alleged accomplice have been charged with bringing marijuana into the jail.
Hopkins said the narcotics unit received a tip that someone was going to attempt to bring the drug into the jail. Officers Hopkins, Holloway and Steve Odle conducted surveillance outside the building Friday night and witnessed a suspect later identified as Alisha Hope Grimes, 28, of 104 Noel Street, Corinth, pull up to the south side of the building a throw a small bag of marijuana over the fence.
They later observed an inmate trusty, Wilbur Lee Jackson, 43, 805 Crater Street, Holly Springs, retrieve the bag. Both were charged with transferring a controlled substance into the jail. Bond was set for each at $5,000.