A Metter jewelry store owner and one of his employees are behind bars after state and local law enforcement officers nabbed them on drug charges earlier this week. According to Metter Advertiser reporter Jerri Goodman, Thomas Edward Stoe, 73, owner of Buffalo Nickel Jewelers, remains in the Candler County Jail without bond after Georgia Bureau of Investigations agents charged him with 21 felony accounts Monday , including illegal sales of prescription drugs. Kathy Edwards Lanigan, 50, was working at the store that day and was charged as well, according to reports.Candler County Sheriff Homer Bell and Metter Police Chief William Hooper said more arrests are expected.
Metter store owner behind bars
Police, Candler sheriff expect more arrests