Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports two men were arrested on drug charges last week. 24-year old Zachary Clayton Utterback, of Greenfield, was arrested Sept. 5th, for Possession of a Controlled Substance (marijuana) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (a glass pipe). He was released from custody later that same day on $1,000 bond. And, 38-year old Michael Ross Waddingham, of Orient, was arrested Sept. 6th on a warrant for Probation Violation, and two felony charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense (marijuana and methamphetamine). He remains in the Adair County Jail on a $12,000 cash bond or surety.
Vandewater says also, that Stuart Police arrested 34-year old Jeffrey Dean McGee, of Stuart, Sept. 4th. McGee was charged with False Imprisonment, for allegedly paddle locking the outside of a door to keep a person against their will, and, for Domestic Abuse Assault/3rd or subsequent offense. The latter is a Class-D felony charge, and was with regard to McGee’s live-in girlfriend. McGee was being held at the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 cash bond or surety.
And, 31-year old Michael Wayne Edwards, of Casey, was arrested last Friday evening, on an Adair County warrant for Probation Violation. Edwards remained in the Adair County Jail after posting a $2,000 cash or surety bond, to serve the remainder of a prior sentence or court order. He was released Sunday evening.