Updated: December 19, 2017

AN ONGOING HEROIN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION IN THE SHOALS HAS LED TO FOUR ARRESTS AND MORE THAN FOUR GRAMS OF HEROIN SEIZED. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS WITH THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE,  JESSICA L. LEE, 36, JARROD D. LEMAY, 28, AND LISA L. CANNON, 32 ALL OF FLORENCE ALONG WITH MARY L. SLIWA, 55, OF WATERLOO WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. REPORTS INDICATE CANNON IS ALSO CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING HEROIN AND PROMOTING PRISON CONTRABAND. THE ARRESTS TOOK PLACE AT A RESIDENCE ON BUTTON AVENUE IN NORTH FLORENCE AFTER THE EXECUTION OF A SEARCH WARRANT. REPORTS ALSO INDICATE MORE THAN FOUR GRAMS OF HEROIN WAS FOUND AT THE TIME OF THE ARRESTS WITH AN ESTIMATED STREET VALUE OF 16 HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE SEIZED HEROIN WAS SENT TO A FORENSIC LAB TO BE TESTED FOR THE OPIOID FENTANYL. LEE IS OUT OF JAIL ON A 25 HUNDRED DOLLAR BOND WHILE LEMAY AND SLIWA  EACH REMAIN JAILED ON 25 HUNDRED DOLLARS BOND. CANNON REMAINS IN JAIL ON A 28 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR BOND.