BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WDNews) – Bay County Sheriff, Tommy Ford, announced the arrest of an Alabama man on July 8, 2024, on drug charges for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl.
On July 2, 2024, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Investigations Division served a search warrant at a hotel at 5126 W. Highway 98. Information had been developed by investigators that illegal narcotics activity was taking place in the hotel room.
During the search of the hotel room, Jeremy Castiel Burnette, 34, of Enterprise, Alabama, was found to be in possession of trafficking amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Burnette, a convicted felon, was also found to be in possession of a pistol.
Burnette was arrested for the offenses of Trafficking Fentanyl (more than 4 grams but less than 14 grams), Trafficking in Methamphetamine (more than 28 grams but less than 200 grams), Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
