Smyrna man arrested in Coffee County

Sep 03, 2015 at 08:12 am by bryan


David Scott Kelnhofer of Smyrna was arrested Tuesday after a Coffee County deputy found him to be in possession of drugs.

The man was stopped by a deputy for a traffic violation after Coffee County Investigator James Sherrill observed Kelnhofer texting and driving erratic. As officers approached the SUV they allegedly observed drug paraphernalia laying in the seat.

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Personnel with the sheriff's department searched the man and allegedly found a plastic container with two baggies of meth weighing one and a half grams. Among other things allegedly found was another baggie containing a quarter gram of meth along with digital scales, needles and other items.

Kelnhofer, 40 of Seminary Road, Smyrna was charged with manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Kelnhofer was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a $17,500 bond. He is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Sept. 28.

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