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12:51 am Wednesday, February 12, 2003

County residents arrested on meth charges

By By Steve Gillespie / staff writer
Feb. 12, 2003
The East Mississippi Drug Task Force arrested four Lauderdale County residents on methamphetamine charges Tuesday.
Tonya M. Alexander, 34, 13490 County Road 298, Collinsville, was charged with possession of methamphetamine.
Three men also were charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine: William L. Alexander, 33, 10909 Townsend-Byrd Road, Bailey; William M. McCullough, 34, 14th St., Building 1, Apt. 5, Meridian; and Johnny Lee Neal, 26, 914 39th Ave., Meridian.
Maj. Ward Calhoun of the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said today that no other details were available.
Tonya Alexander was released on bail, according to jail authorities. The three men remained in jail this morning. William Alexander has a $50,000 bond, while Neal and McCullough remained jailed on $5,000 bond each.

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