Updated: December 15, 2017

A PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED GILES COUNTY RESIDENT WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK IN GILES COUNTY.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE THE GILES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NARCOTIC INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED TIMOTHY MERL GREEN, 54, ON DECEMBER 4TH, FOR TWO COUNTS OF THE SALE OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN A DRUG FREE ZONE.  GREEN, WHO WAS PLACED ON PROBATION IN 2016, FOR THE CONVICTION OF THE SALE OF OXYCODONE, WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AT THE TIME OF THE ARREST.  GREEN ALSO FACES  A CHARGE OF INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND IN A PENAL FACILITY.  HE REMAINS IN THE GILES COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND.