Ohioan arrested on Oconee drug charges

A 32-year old Akron, Ohio man has been arrested as the result of an investigation conducted by Oconee sheriff’s officers Tuesday afternoon near U-S 123 and Sheep Farm Road. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Brandon Todd Stewart was arrested and charged with distributing methamphetamine after a call from a Sandifer Boulevard business about two people acting suspiciously inside a red truck. Deputies say they discovered about 4.5 grams of meth in the vehicle. A woman, identified in the company of Stewart, was taken to the hospital, but formal charges against her are said to be pending.