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Sylva woman pleads guilty to drug trafficking

News, Press Release July 26, 2021 , by
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District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said a Sylva woman pleaded guilty July 8 in Jackson County Superior Court to two counts of trafficking in illegal drugs.
Megan Tate, 27, will spend at least 140 months and as much as 186 months in the N.C. Department of Public Corrections.
Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Bradley B. Letts also ordered Tate to pay a state-mandated $100,000 total fine. She was fined $50,000 for each of two felony pleas, trafficking in opium or heroin by transportation and trafficking in opium or heroin by possession.
Tate was found with illegal drugs on Jan. 10, 2020, during a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office traffic stop. She was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on U.S. 441. The car lacked a tag light.
Deputies discovered more than 4 grams of oxycodone pills, an opium derivative; pocket scales and other drug paraphernalia, burnt aluminum foil underneath the passenger seat, and other evidence of illegal drugs. Tate had more than $10,000 in cash in her purse.
On Feb. 5, 2020, fire department personnel were called to a Sylva parking lot because two people were unconscious in a parked car.
Inside the vehicle, there was evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia. Sylva police officers seized more than 4 grams of fentanyl, heroin and ANPP, designated a schedule II immediate precursor to fentanyl.
Assistant District Attorney Chris Matheson prosecuted the case.

COVID-19 case numbers for Jackson County

Health May 18, 2020 , by
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JACKSON COUNTY, N.C. – As part of the effort to keep the county informed, Jackson County Health Department (JCHD) issues detailed updates about the status of COVID-19.

The following information is from the September 23rdupdate.

JCHD has reported confirmed 643 cases and 7 deaths due to Covid-19. 25 people remain in isolation.

13,267 individuals have been tested and reported to the JCHD.

Statewide the NCDHHS has confirmed 196,501 cases in 99 N.C. counties. 912 are currently hospitalized, and 3,345 have died.

JCHD also emphasizes that anyone who becomes ill with a respiratory type illness to isolate until the following criteria are met:

  • At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since recovery defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath), AND
  • At least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.

If you become sick with a respiratory type illness and are in one of the following categories, please contact the JCHD at (828) 586-8994 or your primary care provider to determine if you need to be tested.

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