South Pittsburg, Tenn. – A quiet, residential street came to be the setting of a wide police effort to execute a search warrant in South Pittsburg late last week. Officers with the South Pittsburg Police Department, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the 12th & 31st Judicial Districts Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, and troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol descended on the home on Holly Avenue.
The scene at the home during the execution of the warrant. – Courtesy DTF/South Pittsburg Police Dept
Upon searching the home, law enforcement retrieved several pounds of marijuana, packing material, cash, drug paraphernalia, multiple firearms, as well as a powder substance suspected to be fentanyl. Because of the excessive weight of some of the material, the occupants were charged with felony possession.
Blake Warner was charged with felony possession of a schedule IV drug, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. John Warner was charged with the two identical charges. Zoe Walden was also charged with the same two along with an additional charge of felony possession of a schedule II.
South Pittsburg Police Chief Wayne Jordan said, “This is just another example of why interagency cooperation is important. I really appreciate the Drug Task Force and the Sheriff’s Department’s support in our communities toward choking off the drug distribution. Citizens deserve not to have to worry about this kind of activity going on.”
