Smithville Man Nabbed in Multi-County Meth Investigation

Partner law enforcement agencies from across the Upper Cumberland region have worked together to secure charges for 12 individuals including a Smithville man in connection to an eight-month investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine in several counties.
Authorities from the Cookeville Police Department, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, the Crossville Police Department, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the Overton County Sheriff’s Department, the Pickett County Sheriff’s Office, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, the 13th Judicial District Drug Task Force, the office of 13th District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, began investigating the operation in September 2016. During the course of the investigation, authorities developed information about 12 individuals connected to a multi-county methamphetamine distribution operation.
At the time of this release, nine of the individuals had been arrested and booked into the Putnam County Jail:
◾29 year old Ronnie Edward Argo, Jr., of Gainesboro ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $75,000 bond
◾36 year old Joseph Israel Neely, of Smithville ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $250,000 bond
◾30 year old Kristan Nicole Harville, of Baxter ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $250,000 bond
◾29 year old Darby Dee Brunson, of Cookeville ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $250,000 bond
◾22 year old Lindsey L. Goad, of Gainesboro ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $75,000 bond
◾36 year old Megan Alissa Fuller, of Gainesboro ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $75,000 bond
◾35 year old Ryan Lee Underwood, of Cookeville ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $75,000 bond
◾36 year old Nathaniel Harrison Payne, of Crossville ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $75,000 bond
◾50 year old James Preston Cumby, of Cookeville ◾Conspiracy to Distribute Over 300 Grams of Methamphetamine, $75,000 bond
At the time of this release, efforts to arrest the additional three individuals implicated in this investigation remained active and ongoing. Updates to this news release will be published online: www.tbinewsroom.com.