Jennings man arrested in drug overdose investigation

Jordan McCarty
Jordan McCarty

Jennings County deputies have made another arrest in relation to the slew of drug overdoses Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

Lt. Mike Mowery, spokesman for the sheriff’s department, says that officers were investigating the overdoses and gathered enough information to serve a search warrant on a home on West Mark Drive. While searching the home at about 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, deputies allegedly found a small amount of drugs, stolen handguns and drug paraphernalia.

They arrested 18-year-old Jordan McCarty on preliminary charges including altering the serial number on a handgun, possession of stolen property, possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia.