Arrest for Drug Trafficking Warrant Leads to New Drug Charges

Publish Date: November 5, 2018
Written by: Joni Money
Categories: Arrest | News

 

Birmingham, AL 11/05/2018

A 36-year-old Hoover man was arrested last Thursday for an outstanding warrant charging him with Trafficking Methamphetamine. During the arrest he was found to be in possession of more methamphetamine.

James Dewey Headrick

On, November 1, Sheriff’s Narcotics Investigators requested that patrol personnel be on the lookout for 36-year-old James Dewey Headrick of Hoover. An arrest warrant had been issued for Headrick charging him with Trafficking Methamphetamine. A description of his vehicle was provided to deputies.

While checking hotels for the vehicle a deputy on patrol located Headrick in the 10th block of Perimeter Park South. He was arrested for the outstanding warrant. During a subsequent search, deputies found twenty-five grams of methamphetamine in his pocket.

Headrick was charged with Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia in addition to the outstanding warrant for Trafficking Methamphetamine. He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with bond set at $200,300.

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