Florence man arrested with drugs after SWAT search on Ossie Lane
Florence County sheriff's deputies, with the SWAT team, executed a search warrant on an Ossie Lane home in Florence after an undercover operation and arrested Jack Randall Newsome, 48. He faces charges including distribution and trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and flunitrazepam, and is held at the county detention centre awaiting a bond hearing.
🇺🇸 Ossie Lane, Florence, Florence County, South Carolina · South Carolina, United States
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A Florence, South Carolina man is facing methamphetamine and marijuana charges,
according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.[1]Jack Randall Newsome,
48, was arrested Thursday after narcotics investigators and a SWAT team searched
a residence on Ossie Lane.[2]
The search followed an undercover operation and resulted in the seizure of an
unspecified quantity of illegal drugs.[2]Newsome was charged with
distribution of methamphetamine, trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of a
controlled substance, and possession with intent to distribute flunitrazepam or
an analogue.[2]
Newsome is being held at the Florence County Detention Center while awaiting a
bond hearing.[2]
No quantity of the marijuana or of the other seized drugs was published, so no cannabis kilogram, plant count or value is recorded.
The exact day is not named in the opened SCNow body; the WBTW account says Newsome was arrested Thursday and was still awaiting a bond hearing as of 13 November 2026, so 12 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
It is not established which of the charges carried the marijuana (cannabis) component as opposed to the controlled-substance charge, so the cannabis figure is not split out.
No court outcome or plea had been reported; the case was at the charged stage, awaiting a bond hearing.
SWAT operators and the Border Belt Drug Task Force searched a home on Stanton Road southeast of Maxton, North Carolina, on 12 November 2026 and seized cocaine, Suboxone strips, prescription pills, marijuana and a firearm. Tommy Dale Barnes, 40, surrendered the next day and faces charges including possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, held on a $1.1 million secured bond.
Chad Andrew Chandler, 42, of Rockmart was arrested after allegedly fleeing a Polk County officer on New Prospect Road and being found with marijuana. He faces marijuana possession and other charges including crossing the guard line with drugs, giving false information, obstruction and a bicycle equipment violation.
Police in Glasgow, Kentucky, arrested a 45-year-old man on 12 November after he allegedly assaulted probation and parole officers, scratching one and pushing another into large mirrors. A search warrant at his home turned up marijuana, scales, a grinder, an unidentified powder and a large amount of cash, and he was charged with trafficking in marijuana of less than 8 ounces.
Hot Springs police arrested 40-year-old Michael Ryan Art Shelby at his Mason Street home after a search-warrant raid seized marijuana, THC vapes, psychedelic mushrooms and suspected cocaine. He was charged with trafficking, possession with purpose to deliver including marijuana, and paraphernalia counts carrying up to life in prison.
