On September 7, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Deputies along with Peach County Deputies and members of the D.E.A. served four search warrants on four locations in Bibb County. This was a joint effort between local and federal agencies to stop the flow of Methamphetamine and the crimes that come with it in Bibb County.
The search warrants were for addresses in the 7200 block of Houston Road, 6000 block of Taylor Drive, 3600 block of Jones Road and the 2300 block of Allen Road. During the search of the residences, there was over one kilo of methamphetamine, one firearm, three motor vehicles and approximately $8,000.00 in cash seized. Deputies arrested five subjects for trafficking in meth and other charges at the locations.
Deputies are still looking for 32-year-old Wayne Thomas Tisdale, of Macon. Tisdale has a warrant for his arrest on the charge of Conspiracy to Traffic Methamphetamine. Tisdale was not at his home on Allen Road when deputies conducted the search warrant. A picture of Tisdale is attached to the release.
Deputies arrested 43-year-old Richard Charles Allen III and 32-year-old Nichole Ashley Smith at the Houston Road location.
Allen was taken to the Bibb County jail and charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute and Possession of a Firearm during Commission of a Felony. He is being held without bond at this time.
Smith was taken to the Bibb County jail and charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute and Possession of Firearm during the Commission of a Felony. She is being held without bond at this time.
Deputies arrested 44-year-old James Ashley Staples III at the Taylor Drive location. Staples was taken to the Bibb County jail and charged with Trafficking of Methamphetamine and Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Distribute. He is being held without bond at this time.
Deputies arrested 44-year-old Richard Corey Moore and 31-year-old Ashley Kretlow Bailey at the Jones Road location.
Moore was taken to the Bibb County jail and charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine. He is being held without bond at this time.
Bailey was taken to the Bibb County jail and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. She is being held without bond at this time.
By conducting operations like this, deputies are not only able to remove a dangerous drug from the streets of Bibb County, but also stop the crimes that are associated with the use and sale of the drugs. Crimes such as armed robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and others which drug dealers and users commit to obtain the drugs.
Anyone with information on the location of Wayne Thomas Tisdale is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or call the Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
