A Portsmouth man has been charged with drug and weapon offenses after the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force assisted the Scioto County Common Pleas Court Adult Probation Department with an arrest and search operation Tuesday morning.
“Probation officers and task force detectives arrested 43-year-old Shayne J. Sweitzer at a local motel on a warrant for violating probation,” said Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman.
During a search of the motel room, officers located and seized approximately 23 grams of methamphetamine, two handguns, digital scales, ten Oxycodone pills, and other narcotics and related evidence. The estimated street value of the suspected drugs seized is approximately $1,300.
The case will eventually be forwarded to the Scioto County Prosecutor’s Office to be presented to a Scioto County Grand Jury for the consideration of additional felony charges.