MONROE COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- Monroe County deputies have arrested two suspects for selling drugs out of a hotel in Forsyth after getting a tip.
According to the sheriff's office, it happened at America's Best Value Inn.
After getting tipped off, deputies opened an investigation and identified two suspects -- Jonathan Daniel Lopez of Miami, Florida, and Amy Patton of Morristown, Tennessee.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Emergency Response Team took out a search warrant at the room that Lopez and Patton were staying in on Tuesday night just after 9 p.m.
Investigators discovered that the pair weren't in the room, and learned that some bystanders who spotted law enforcement had told the suspects that their room was being raided.
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A search of the room turned up a firearm, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and a pound of marijuana.
Investigators learned that Patton and Lopez were hiding out in a nearby room and arrested them without incident.
They were hiding in a room rented by Bonita Johnson, of Bowden, Georgia, who had an active warrant out of Monroe County for probation violation. Johnson was also arrested.
The sheriff's office says that Lopez had also been arrested in Peach County in June 2021 for trafficking meth. He was out on bond when he was arrested Tuesday.
Both suspects are charged with:
- Trafficking ecstasy
- Possession of methamphetamine
- Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
- Possession of drug-related objects