MAN ARRESTED IN MORGAN COUNTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
From the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office:
On February 25, 2025, Agents with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Drug Enforcement Unit initiated a traffic stop during an ongoing operation to address the flow of Fentanyl and other illegal narcotics. The vehicle was stopped near I65 and Main St in Hartselle. During the course of the traffic stop, Agents located a large quantity of a substance that tested positive as Fentanyl.
Sheriff Drug Agents placed John Lewis Patterson, 44 of McCalla, AL, under arrest for:



Patterson was transported to and booked in the Morgan County Jail. Bond $301,300.00.
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