RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office reports charging a 69-year-old man at the conclusion of a drug investigation lasting over a year.
Keith Jerome Pegram from Ellenboro was charged with the following:
- Trafficking in amphetamine
- Trafficking in methamphetamine
- Trafficking in cocaine
- PWIMSD schedule VI controlled substance
- PWIMSD schedule VI controlled substance
- PWIMSD schedule I controlled substance
- PWIMSD schedule III controlled substance
- Maintaining a dwelling for controlled substance
- Maintaining a dwelling for controlled substance
- Possess drug paraphernalia
Deputies report receiving a narcotics tip related to a residence on Short Road in Ellenboro.
Investigators gathered enough probable cause to apply for a search warrant on Tuesday, deputies said…