DEKALB COUNTY – In nearby DeKalb County, Tennessee, An ongoing drug investigation by special agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of multiple additional law enforcement partner agencies, has resulted in the indictment and arrest of nine people on various drug-related charges. - Scroll down to see information about meth related convictions in Rutherford County.

Beginning in February 2021, TBI agents and partner agencies spent nine months on an undercover investigation, dubbed “Operation Ice Pick”, into methamphetamine being sold through a drug trafficking organization in the Middle Tennessee Upper Cumberland area. Other agencies involved included the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, Middle Tennessee Task Force High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, Office of the 13th Judicial District Attorney General, Homeland Security Investigations, Cookeville Police Department, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, Crossville Police Department, and Warren County Sheriff’s Office. During the course of the operation, investigators seized multiple pounds of methamphetamine, along with several vehicles, weapons, and US currency.

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, the DeKalb County Grand Jury returned indictments, charging multiple individuals on various drug-related charges. Over the past two days, those individuals have been arrested and booked into area jails:

• Charles Edward White, Jr. (DOB 02/24/1974), Sparta: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy, 25 counts Meth – Mfg, Deliver, Sale, Possession with Intent. DeKalb County Jail, $300,000 bond.
• Shawn David Troglen (DOB 12/13/1970), Sparta: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy.  White County Jail, $300,000 bond.
• Tiffany Ford (DOB 06/18/1987), Sparta: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy.  Cumberland County Jail, $200,000 bond.
• Tara R. Treadway (DOB 01/17/1990), Smithville: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy. Cumberland County Jail, $200,000 bond.
• Amy L. Hall (DOB 07/17/1978), Smithville: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy. DeKalb County Jail, $200,000 bond.
• Eva L. Dover (DOB 08/05/1969), Smithville: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy. DeKalb County Jail, $200,000 bond.
• Paige L. Simmons (DOB 07/20/1990), McMinnville:  Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy. Warren County Jail, $200,000 bond.
• Phillip J. Potter (DOB 03/04/1992), McMinnville: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy. Warren County Jail, $200,000 bond.
• Robert H. Murdock (DOB 04/24/1986), Killen, AL: Two counts Meth 300 grams or more – conspiracy. Lauderdale County Jail, $300,000 bond.

DeKalb County, TN: According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 155-names have been tied to arrests that ended with convictions involving sizable quantities of drugs in DeKalb County, TN between 2012 and 2021. Of that number, 26-were convicted for initiating the process to manufacture methamphetamines, 12-were convicted for manufacturing meth and 49-were convicted for possessing or selling meth.

Rutherford County, TN: When looking at numbers in Rutherford County, there have been over 1,500 names tied to convictions involving serious drug offenses between 2012 and 2022. Of that number, well over 400 of the convictions involved methamphetamines. See the Tennessee Drug Offender Registry HERE.