A felon was arrested days after authorities searched his home and found seven pounds of marijuana worth $21,000 and multiple firearms, according to jail records.
Tyrone Carruth was arrested Tuesday on charges of marijuana possession and three counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Monroe County jail records indicated. He was given a $25,000 bond.
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Carruth had been on the run since deputies searched his Forsyth home early Friday and found the drugs and weapons.
No one was home during the search, Monroe County Deputy Marilynne Fitts said.
Carruth has past drug convictions out of Monroe County, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. He served two years and five months for a 2005 cocaine possession conviction. Roughly two years later, he was convicted of cocaine and marijuana possession and distribution and served a year and nine months.
He also served time for a 2001 forgery charge.
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