Hart County Man Charged with Trafficking Meth

A Hart County man is charged with trafficking methamphetamine.

It happened Wednesday evening, January 13, according to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland.

Cleveland told the Hartwell Sun his deputies were searching for a runaway juvenile and pulled over a vehicle on Pierce Brown Road driven by 42-year old Nicholas Andrew Crocker of Sanders Circle.

Inside the vehicle deputies found more than 80 grams of meth.

Cleveland said the runaway was not found with Crocker.

Crocker was charged with trafficking methaphetamine, two counts of of obstruction of law enforcement, criminal attempt to commit trafficking, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug related objects.

He was booked into the Hart County Detention Center and later released on bond.