Suspect arrested in meth distribution case

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies executed a search warrant as part on an investigation into suspected drug activity Thursday afternoon.

During the search, methamphetamine with a street value of nearly $20,000 was seized.

On Sunday evening, the suspect, Timothy Sargent, age 59, who had been evading law enforcement over the weekend, was taken into custody.

Sargent is being held in the Cherokee County…