ATHENS-On Sunday, May 11 the Athens Police Department made the second arrest in a meth fire at the Budget Inn which took place on May 6th. The Athens Police also arrested today, May 12, on unrelated charges , one suspected wanted for Robbery 1st Degree. Here is how Police Chief Floyd Johnson describes the events:
“Last night Justin Michael Wise was arrested on two warrants one for Unlawful Manufacture of a Controlled Substance and Arson 3rd. Wise is the second person arrested in the May 6,
2015 meth lab fire that happened at the Budget in. Amanda Holt was arrested on the same charges on May 6, 2015. Wise was booked at the police department and transferred to the county jail.
This morning Robert Allen Hall was arrested on a warrant for Robbery 1st degree. Hobbs was involved in the robbery that occurred on May 4, 2015. Cody James Barnes and Michelle Leigh Jackson Casey were also charged in this robbery. Hall was booked at the police department and transferred to the county jail.”