David Hite
A CHUCKEY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER BEING CAUGHT WITH A LARGE QUANTITY OF UNTAXED ALCOHOL AND A MARIJUANA-GROWING OPERATION AT HIS RESIDENCE. AFTER RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS THAT 61 YEAR OLD DAVID HITE WAS POSSIBLY PROVIDING ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA TO JUVENILES, WASHINGTON COUNTY DEPUTIES OBSERVED THE UNTAXED ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA ON HIS FRONT PORCH ARRIVING ON THE SCENE. HITE IS CHARGED WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR RESALE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF UNTAXED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, AND RESISTING ARREST. AFTER SEARCHING HITE’S HOME AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY. DEPUTIES FOUND APPROXIMATELY 30 GALLONS OF UNTAXED ALCOHOL, A MARIJUANA-GROWING OPERATION, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, PROCESSED MARIJUANA, AND VARIOUS ITEMS USED TO PRODUCE AND PACKAGE ALCOHOL. BOND FOR HITE WAS SET AT 32-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.