Andrews – A grocery run turned out differently than expected for two Marble residents who were stopped by Andrews police after leaving the store and arrested on a variety of charges on March 25.
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Mandy Jane Fortner, 34, and Jennifer Lynn McCullough, 43, live a half-mile from each other off of N.C. 141 in Marble. The two were traveling together when they were stopped by police, with McCullough the driver.
Police said McCullough was known to be sought on warrants when they observed her at the Ingles supermarket on Main Street. Police stopped the car near Andrews Town Hall and detained the two while they searched the vehicle.
During the search, police allegedly found Fortner was in possession of methamphetamine.
“She had a little over 9 grams on her person,” Andrews Police Chief Caleb Stiles said.
The Andrews Police Department is fully staffed after several years of being shorthanded. Town officers are aggressively going after active warrants, traffic violations and other cases, Stiles has said in previous interviews.
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McCullough was arrested on nine warrants, five from 2023 and the remainder this year. Charges include communicating threats, domestic criminal trespass, second-degree trespass, assault inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of second-degree burglary, larceny after break/enter and injury to personal property.
McCullough’s bail was set at $20,000 secured bond on the second degree burglary charge, $5,000 secured bond for assault inflicting serious injury, and $5,000 for communicating threats.
Fortner was arrested on new charges of possession of methamphetamine, simple possession of a Schedule III controlled substance, and simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance.
Fortner’s bail was set at $20,000 secured bond.