4/30/15
Johnnie Ryan Rathburn,
(Cleveland)- A 30- year old Rabun County woman has been arrested on drug related charges. The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office and Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) arrested Johnnie Ryan Rathburn, after a Rabun County Deputy conducted a traffic stop on Rathburn in connection with a motor vehicle violation, according to Mitch Posey, Special Agent in Charge of the Appalalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office.
Posey advised, deputies located 8 grams of methamphetamine, scales, numerous plastic baggies and a pipe in her car. The street value of the narcotic was $880.
Rathburn was charged with possession of methamphetamine and transported to the Rabun County Detention Center.
The Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, which is headquartered in White County, is a multi-agency unit that consists of the following Sheriff’s Offices: White, Lumpkin, Towns, Banks, Habersham, Stephens, and Rabun Counties, along with the Georgia National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, the Department of Public Safety, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
