Wednesday traffic stop produces two charges

Charges of trafficking in methamphetamine and unlawful exposure of a child to meth have been laid against a 45-year-old Oconeean – the result of a Wednesday traffic stop in the Earles Grove Community.  The sheriff’s office identifies the man charged and arrested as Ernest Wayne Hippensteal of Pitts Road.  On routine patrol, a deputy from “PACE” – the Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement Team – stopped a Ford F-250 pickup on the Dunn Roamin Ranch Drive at Earles Grove Road.