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Ironton dispatcher, husband charged with drug trafficking
IRONTON -- An Ironton Police Department dispatcher and her husband were arrested Wednesday and charged with drug trafficking, according to Chief James Carey.
Tina E. White, a city employee for 22 years, was arrested about 10 p.m. Wednesday as she came to work. Her husband, Gregory E. White, was arrested at their home on Delaware Street in Ironton.
Tina White was charged with one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs and three counts of complicity to aggravated trafficking. Gregory White was charged with three counts of trafficking in drugs and one count of complicity to aggravated trafficking in drugs, according to a press release from Carey.
The arrest was an ongoing investigation by the Lawrence County Drug/Major Crimes Task Force, the Ironton Police Department and the Lawrence County prosecutor's office.
Tina White was placed on a five-day unpaid suspension, said Mayor Rich Blankenship. The suspension is until further notice.
Under terms of the city's collective bargaining agreement, White can request a hearing with Blankenship within five days. Blankenship also has the option of taking additional action after that.
Both defendants were taken to the Lawrence County Jail in Ironton. They were lodged in jail Thursday afternoon, according to jail personnel.
