Three arrested on meth charges

Close surveillance netted the arrests of three subjects in a stolen vehicle on meth charges Monday by the Alcorn Narcotics Unit.
According to a report from the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office, officers arrested Donald Wayne Davidson Jr., 18, of 1083 North Prather Street in Michie, Tenn.; Tommy Lyne Woods, 32, of Federal Drive in Shiloh, Tenn.; and Tammy Lynette Rayney, 19, of 1140 Bark Drive, in Shiloh, Tenn., Monday and charged them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.
Events leading the arrest reportedly began when officers with the Alcorn Narcotics Unit observed the three subjects, Davidson, Woods and Rayney, traveling to several different Corinth stores to purchase the same item — an item known to be used in the process of making methamphetamine.
The driver, who was identified in the report as Davidson, made several stops and turned at several businesses around U.S. Highway 72 and Harper Road, as an apparent attempt to throw off anyone who could be following.
Narcotics Investigator Darrell Hopkins said Davidson made abrupt stops, turns and lane changes as an attempt to lose anyone who could be following them.
Several officers reportedly followed the suspects from a distance and, after watching the subjects purchase the items and drive north on Shiloh Road, officers asked K/9 Officer Scott Brown and Deputy Steve Odle to stop the car.
After the car was stopped and approached by law enforcement, Davidson reportedly informed officers that he did not have a driver’s license. Law enforcement gained consent to search the vehicle. The search turned up boxes of pseudoephedrine from different stores.
After speaking to the occupants, it was determined the purpose of the trip to Corinth was to buy items for other individuals in Tennessee to cook methamphetamine, according to Hopkins.
All three were arrested and charged, it was later discovered that Woods was an escaped inmate from Hinds County, who was on probation on a possession of cocaine charge.
Bond was set at $10,000 each by Justice Court Judge Steve Little.