Lt. Jason Cook with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 32-year-old Calvin Tyler Ledford of Old Fort with felonious Possession of Methamphetamine. Ledford was issued a $5,000 secured bond.
On November 7th, deputies responded to a residence on Catawba River Rd. in Old Fort for a disturbance. They spoke with the caller who informed them that Ledford had taken off on foot after destroying things in their shared residence. A short search led deputies to a nearby wooded area where they located Ledford. Ledford notified deputies of weapons on his person. A search for additional weapons turned up methamphetamine.
