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A Panama City man has been arrested on a warrant for allegedly stealing parts from a local auto supply store.
Edward Tubbs, 54, has been charged with grand theft in the case.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, the case originated back in June when a tip came into the Blountstown Police Department. A citizen noticed someone loading items into the bed of a pickup outside H & S Truck and Auto Parts on SR 20 West while the business was closed and became suspicious.
A BPD officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle as it came through town and, while approaching to speak with the driver, noticed eight semi brake drums and five car batteries in the bed of the truck. The business owner was contacted and arrived at the scene, estimating the value of the parts at $344. Tubbs stated he was given permission from his cousin to collect the items. Tubbs was released with the understanding he would contact the business owner within two days to determine who had given him permission to take the items. However, he never contacted the business owner as agreed.
Inv. Michael Bryant called Tubbs two weeks later and requested a phone number of the cousin he claimed authorized him to take the items from H & S Auto Parts. Tubbs said he would find the number and call Inv. Bryant back, but never did. Subsequently, a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He was booked into the Calhoun County Jail Oct. 11 and remained in custody at press time on $5000 bond.

A Clarksville man was arrested Friday morning after a meth lab was found at his home.
Charlie Fredrick McClendon, 30, has been charged with manufacture and possession of meth.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, members of the Calhoun-Liberty Drug Task Force went to McClendon’s home around 11 a.m. Friday for a “knock and talk” after receiving a tip that meth was being manufactured at the home.
McClendon was advised of the reason for the visit and consented to a search of the home. MSM, a cutting agent used for processing meth in powder form, was found in the laundry room. Tin foil folded in a manner commonly used to smoke meth was located in a bedroom. A meth lab and ingredients for manufacturing meth were discovered outside the residence. Items were recovered from a trash can and a nearby oven.
McClendon denied making meth, but said he allowed two people to manufacture the drug at his home the previous night. He did admit to using meth.
After being placed under arrest, a piece of tin foil with burnt meth residue was found in McClendon’s pocket.
Task force members participating in the search were Lt. Mark Mallory and Dep. Jody Hoagland of the CCSO, Lt. Tim Partridge of the BPD, and Sgt. Todd Wheetley of the LCSO.

A Blountstown man was arrested Saturday night for driving under the influence and possession of listed chemicals.
Brian Jordan Young, 21, was charged in the case.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Cpl. Eddie Dalton conducted a traffic stop on Young just after 11 p.m. Young reportedly pulled out of the Cherokee Motel parking lot onto SR 20, traveled across the center line into the turning lane, then pulled back toward the white line. When it happened a second time, Cpl. Dalton pulled him over and noted Young was not wearing a seatbelt.
Cpl. Dalton smelled alcohol and Young said he had consumed two beers. Dep. John Scheetz arrived to assist and administered a field sobriety test. Young was found to be under the influence of alcohol and was charged with DUI.
K-9 Gina sniffed the exterior of the vehicle and alerted to the odor of narcotics. Cpl. Dalton told Young he was aware he had purchased two boxes of pseudoephedrine from an area pharmacy. Young admitted he bought the pills, but said he had already sold them and didn’t know the name of the person who bought the pills. Cpl. Dalton asked if he knew what the person buying the pills planned to do with them and Young replied, “What do you think?” Young stated he doesn’t use meth, but sells pseudoephedrine pills to make money.
A search of Young’s vehicle turned up the two boxes of pseudoepedrine. Cpl. Dalton asked if the pills were his and Young hung his head, stared at the ground and replied, “You got me.”
Young was booked into the Calhoun County Jail and remained in custody at press time.

A woman, her son and his friend were arrested in a meth lab bust at a Clarksville home Sunday afternoon.
Michael Tyler Hughes, 18, and Johnathan James Sansom, 20, have each been charged with manufacture of meth and possession of listed chemicals. Mandi Jeanene Waldron, 33, has been charged with being a principal in the first degree to manufacture of meth and principal in the first degree to possession of listed chemicals.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Cpl. Eddie Dalton and Dep. Jody Hoagland became suspicious when Waldron showed up on the “Meth Watch” alert for purchasing pseudoephedrine at an area store. Due to the fact Waldron has allegedly purchased pseudoephedrine 30 times in recent months and been blocked 11 times after reaching her legal limit of purchases for the drug, authorities suspected she was buying the pills to manufacture meth.
The deputies went to a home on Big Mac Road in Clarksville, where Waldron resides with her husband, Steven, and his parents, to speak with her about their concerns. As they drove up, they spotted two males exit a pickup truck and run to the back of the house. Cpl. Dalton walked past the truck and spotted a reaction vessel in plain view on the driver’s side floor board. The vessel was a clear plastic bottle commonly known as a “one pot” or “shake and bake” meth lab.
Cpl. Dalton spoke with Steven Waldron at the back door of the residence and he advised his son, Michael Hughes, and his friend, Jonathan Sansom, were the two males who had just ran inside. Cpl. Dalton met with the family and reported his concerns following Mandi’s recent purchase and what he had witnessed in the truck. Steven’s father granted permission to search his residence. Mandi was questioned and admitted to buying the pills, but said she flushed them down the toilet. Mandi told authorities she, Steven, Michael and Jonathan, drove to Marianna where she purchased the pseudoephedrine and Michael bought lye, Coleman fuel and other components. On the way home, Mandi said she stopped in Altha and bought lithium batteries. Mandi said Michael was going to manufacture the meth for her and that Steven had no knowledge of it.
Items used to manufacture the drug were seized from the truck, along with the reaction vessel.
All three suspects were booked into the Calhoun County Jail and remained in custody at press time.

A Bristol woman apprehended on an outstanding warrant last Monday is now facing several drug charges after being caught with meth, pot and pills.
Angela Diane Mickel, 40, has been charged with possession of meth, less than 20 grams of marijuana, and prescription pills without having a prescription, as well as violation of probation.
According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. Todd Wheetley conducted a traffic stop just after 4 p.m. and Mickel was found to be the passenger. Mickel, who was on probation and ordered to complete a residential treatment program, reportedly violated by leaving the facility before the treatment was completed and failing to notify her probation officer of her change in residence.
During the traffic stop, the driver consented to a search of the vehicle. Approximately 80 Tramadol pills were found in Mickel’s purse, along with a coffee filter with meth residue, a pill bottle containing marijuana, and four Flexeril pills.
Mickel remained in custody at the Liberty County Jail as of press time.

A Liberty County man was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly pulling a gun on a woman during a domestic incident.
Antwan Fielder, 27, of Bristol, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Gentry responded to a home on Third Street around 6 a.m. He was met by Fielder who reportedly ran up to his patrol car and yelled, “Just take me to jail!”
Dep. Gentry attempted to calm Fielder and noted he smelled of an alcoholic beverage. Fielder said he and his girlfriend broke up a week prior and he returned home to sleep. When he arrived and found he had nowhere to sleep, he became upset.
Dep. Gentry also spoke with a woman in the home who said Fielder was arguing with his ex-girlfriend, then pulled out a .22 handgun. The woman said Fielder blamed her for his relationship problems. Dep. Gentry retrieved the weapon and found it cocked with live ammunition in the chamber.
Fielder’s ex-girlfriend reported she was awakened by him, an argument ensued and she told him to leave her alone and calm down. She said he became very upset, held her in the bedroom and the argument turned physical with him “throwing her around.” She reported she screamed to the other woman in the house for help and Fielder pulled the gun from a drawer, pointed it at the door and cocked it. When the woman opened the bedroom door, Fielder was allegedly pointing the gun at her. Fielder then became upset with the woman and began waving the gun around. The ex-girlfriend managed to calm him down and have him put the gun away while the other woman called 911.
Fielder remained in custody at the Liberty County Jail at press time.

A Blountstown couple was arrested Tuesday on meth charges after a search warrant was served on their home.
Cristy Dawsey and Thomas Dawsey have both been charged with possession of a controlled substance.
According to the Blountstown Police Department, Lt. Timothy Partridge received a tip that drug activity was occurring at the couple’s home at 20180 Central Avenue West. Lt. Partridge and Cpl. Patrick Crawford conducted surveillance on the residence and inspected two trash bags in a city receptacle at the curb. A pint size sandwich bag with marijuana was discovered.
A search warrant was served on the residence Tuesday just after 9 p.m. by members of the Calhoun-Liberty Drug Task Force. Two plastic containers of meth were located in Cristy Dawsey’s purse. A plastic toothpick bottle in his front pants pocket also contained meth. Cristy allegedly told authorities she had some marijuana in the home, but one of her friends removed it before the search warrant was served.
Assisting in the search were Lt. Partridge, Lt. Mark Mallory, Sgt. Jared Nichols, Cpl. Crawford, Dep. Bobby Sims, Dep. Scotty Norris and Correctional Officer Christian Smith.

Here are a few headlines you will find in the Sept. 28 edition of The County Record:

-School Board takes a stand on prayer

-Meet Calhoun County's Farm Family of the Year

-Highlights from the Swamp & Stomp Mud Run

-Tigers celebrate district win over Port St. Joe

-Altha FFA recognized

All this and more in tomorrow's edition of The County Record, on newsstands bright and early Wednesday morning!