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Gville men among 20 people arrested in Jackson Co. drug investigation

Two men from Gainesville were among 20 people arrested in Jackson County today in the culmination of a seven-month, multi-agency drug investigation that also yielded more than 100 pounds of meth.

Marijuana, other drugs and guns were also seized in what’s being described as one of the largest drug busts in the history of the county.

In addition to the Jackson Sheriff’s Office, the State Patrol, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the GBI Gang Task Force and the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office participated in the investigation. 

Those taken into custody are:

Crissy Dawn Lipscomb, 46, of Maysville

Jennifer Lynn Byers, 56, of Commerce

Larry Dewayne Fricks, 35, of Gainesville

Elden Dywayne Fricks, 60, of Maysville

Stefan Charles Reagin, 40, of Carlton

Dana Lynn Davis, 40, of Winterville

Alvin James Pressley, 45, of Maysville(

Michael Wayne Gaynor, 62, of Maysville

Dianne Brooke Carver, 44, of Maysville

Scotty Lee Wilson, 40, of Maysville

Christopher James Thomason, 48, of Maysville

J.B. Harris, 53, of Gainesville

Hoke Travis Jones, 35, of Maysville

Margaret Christine Ostlund, 54, of Maysville

Coty Oneal Sanders, 39, of Maysville

Kristie Michelle Heffron, 32, of Maysville

Tanya Rochell Minish, 36, of Maysville

William Edward Turpin, 49, of Maysville

Randall Eugene Thomas, 63, of Maysville