Two men charged with drug crimes in farm country

Two men were arrested Wednesday on drug charges after a search of a home near the Smith Dairy Farm Road in southern Oconee. The arrests of Clifford Ritter and Charles Whitney Batts preceded by one day Sheriff Crenshaw’s statement that he wants the courts to get tougher on those who distribute drugs. Of the two arrested, among other charges, Batts faces meth and heroin trafficking and heroin distribution charges. The two arrests took place at a home on the Dean Road.