CARMI – Three federal arrest warrants were recently executed by the Carmi Police Department, the White County Sheriff’s Office and the Norris City Police Department after being obtained by officers and deputies working drug cases in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

As a result 36-year-old Charles G. Abner of Leo, IN, was charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine while 34-year-old Josha L. Hall and 66-year-old Joseph D. Weccele, both of Carmi, were charged with two counts of Distribution of Methamphetamine.

Abner was served with his warrant while already in custody at the White County Jail and remains there. Both Hall and Weccele were arrested and lodged in the White County Jail. They were later transferred to another facility.