Former deputy arrested on drug charge

The state police announce the arrest of a former Greenville County deputy on the charge of distribution of marijuana first offense.  The arrest warrant naming Nicholas Craig Ison of Easley alleges the 22-year old “on or about” October 21 distributed marijuana to confidential informant “under video and audio recording.”  According to SLED, Ison was jailed in the Pickens County Detention Center.  The case against him is to be prosecuted by the Greenville-Pickens Solicitor’s Office.