Items confiscated in a recent Meth bust. (Illinois State Police file photo)
BENTON – (Isaac Smith – The Southern Illioisan) Please click to read the full story. Here is an excerpt.) A familiar face has been coming around Franklin County more often: Methamphetamine is making an unwelcome comeback, officials say. Franklin County Sheriff Donald Jones said in the past year, he has seen meth cases come across his desk more often than in recent years. In one 13-month period from, January 2016 to February 2017, he made 40 meth-related arrests. This is up from 26 in 2015. In fact, on Feb. 8, the 100-person occupancy jail in Franklin County held 25 inmates on meth related charges, three of who were charged with Class X felonies. Jones said he sees this as the third wave of meth in the region, with the first coming in the 1990’s.
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