PITTSBURG, Ill. (WJPF) – A busy weekend for the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office with deputies shutting down another so-called drug house, arresting four people, and taking over 50 grams of narcotics off of the streets.
The sheriff’s office says a mobile home in the 200 block of Hocking Valley Street in Pittsburg had been under surveillance for suspected illegal drug activity for months.
On Friday, Billy Allen and Kaitlyn Ashby were pulled over minutes after they were seen leaving the mobile home. Inside of their vehicle officers found over 52 combined grams of methamphetamine and fentanyl and over $2,500 in cash. On Saturday, Frank Walker and Tanya Robinson were arrested in a similar manner. Walker had meth in his possession.
Billy Allen is facing the most serious charge – of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver. He also faces two lesser possession charges and one charge of obstructing justice. Kaitlyn Ashby and Frank Walker were both charged with possession of methamphetamine. Tanya Robinson was charged with possession of ammunition by felon. All four were taken to the Williamson County Jail.
