ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio — Two wanted fugitives were captured at the Days Inn in Athens.
According to the Athens County Sheriff’s Office, agents with the Southeast Major Crimes Task Force with deputies conducted a knock and talk operation at the motel as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
Upon arrival, agents and deputies searched a room after the occupants gave consent to search it.
Inside was 36-year-old Joshua Schall of Guysville, and 35-year-old Ashley Meeks of Coolville.
Both individuals, reports say, had active felony warrants for their arrest.
Agents also found suspected fentanyl and other drug-related items.
Schall and Meeks were transported to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, said Sheriff Rodney Smith.
Additional charges, the sheriff said, could be forthcoming pending analysis of the suspected drugs by BCI.
The case remains under investigation.
