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The informant in a drug-related case against Chloe resident Kelly Ann
Mace pled the
fifth amendment when her attorney Drew Patton began questioning him.
Thomas
Holcomb, who acknowledged being Mace's former live-in, is currently
being held in
regional jail on a charge of fleeing and assault on an officer.
Calhoun Prosecutor Tony Morgan pressed the case against Mace, but
Holcomb's fifth
amendment plea caused the case to be continued to April 16 at 9:30
a.m. Judge
Thomas Evans III appointed attorney Oscar Hines to review Holcomb's
fifth
amendment issues. Hines told the court that Holcomb could possibly
incriminate
himself if he continued to answer questions.
Holcomb apparently told Calhoun Trooper Doug Starcher that $1 million
dollars worth
of drugs had been at Kelly's This and That, the business owned by Mace
along Route
16 near the Calhoun-Clay line, and a cache of over 200 stolen guns
had been on the
property. Testimony indicated the guns were not found.
Trooper Starcher, when questioned by attorney Patton, said Mace's name
surfaced
during a drug investigation that lasted over a year as trafficking
drugs, particularly
meth and marijuana. A search warrant was exercised last year at Mace's
establishment and residence, which allegedly resulted in the
confiscation of an illegal
drug and drug related items.
Another drug case against James A. Christman and Shelly Sue Burrows
was
continued to April 16 at 3:30 p.m. | 
