Jail count stands at 163!

The prisoner count this morning at the Oconee Detention Center stands at 163—the result of a second week of drug sweeps across the county. The latest roundup targets 31 people in what the Sheriff’s Office calls a conspiracy to facilitate the making of methamphetamine. And Sheriff Mike Crenshaw concedes that tight quarters at the jail likely could play into how soon some of the suspects are released from custody, pending trial.