TWO RITCHIE MEN CHARGED WITH METH OPERATION

(01/25/2014)
The Ritchie County Sheriff's Department has arrested two men on meth charges.

The department received information about suspicious activity at a residence in Pennsboro.

After executing a search warrant, deputies found materials used for making meth, along with meth products, inside the residence.

Charged are Sheldon Lane Owens, 46, and Timothy Lee Mullinex, 38, operating or attempting to operate a clandestine drug lab and conspiracy to commit a felony.

Both Owens and Mullinex are each being held in North Central Regional Jail on $50,000 bail.