37 year old Gadsden resident Brandon Keith Powell was charged with Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance (two counts) and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia along with Resisting Arrest, Attempting to Elude and Tampering with Evidence; Ft Payne resident Angela Gayle Smith, age 52, and Christopher Shane Dawson 45 of Centre were charged with the Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance the Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree and the Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; and Nichole Sarah Valdez-Soto, age 33 of Crossville, was charged with Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance and the Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

All four were booked in at the Cherokee County Detention Center – bond for Powell was set at $9,000; for Smith and Dawson, $3,500 each and for Valdez-Soto, $3,000. 

Smith has since been released after making bond; the others remain in jail.

From WEIS radio