MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Three people were arrested at a Morristown hotel Monday after police discovered a room full of people and over $4,500 in marijuana.
Zachariah Hatch, 23, of Washington; Michael Nicholson, 22, of California; and Ashlyn Reed, 23, of Morristown; are each charged with delivery, sale and possession of a controlled substance.
Officers responded to a call of suspicious activity early Monday morning at a hotel on East Andrew Johnson Highway. Officers discovered six men and a woman in a room where they smelled a strong marijuana odor.
Police discovered jars and bags containing around 4.5 pounds of marijuana. The three people arrested were carrying more than $4,000 in cash.
Reed told officers they had all been working on a marijuana farm in California. They had been paid wages in the form of marijuana and were hitchhiking across the country.
All three are being held in the Hamblen County Jail.
