DeKalb County Investigators looking into a theft case instead wound up making a drug bust on Wednesday of this week (March 18th).

According to Sheriff Jimmy Harris, the investigation into a theft at Henagar changed over to a drug case, when law enforcement discovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at a home on McCurdy Avenue in Rainsville, where they had gone looking for information.

The four people arrested at the scene included 30 year old Suzanne Spears and 38 year old George Lee Ledford, both of Ft Payne; Carl Franklin Mills, age 51 of Rainsville – and 23 year old Joshua Dakota Whitmire, also of Rainsville.

All four were charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance in addition to the Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Ledford was also charged with Using a False ID to Obstruct Justice.