Local Agencies Arrest Guffey On Drug Charges

Thomas Guffey Jr.

Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force agents, along with Dade County Investigations and the Department of Community Supervision, conducted a follow-up investigation on Monday, March 28, in reference to information received that a subject was selling narcotics at a residence on Stephens Drive.

During the course of the investigation, law enforcement located methamphetamine, fentanyl, and injectable steroids inside the residence.

Thomas Guffey Jr., 66, of Stephens Drive, was arrested on the following drug charges: Possession of a schedule 2 controlled substance (two counts), and possession of a schedule 1/2 controlled Substance with intent to distribute (two counts).

“I continuously encourage my deputies to focus on the problem of opioid overdoses in our community. This problem not only affects adults, but it’s affecting our children as well. We will not rest until we have every drug dealer in custody,” Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross said.

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