{"id":241069,"date":"2026-01-08T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=241069"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:52:20","slug":"62-year-old-man-arrested-at-monroe-county-motel-on-drug-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=241069","title":{"rendered":"62-Year-Old Man Arrested at Monroe County Motel on Drug Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 62-year-old Forsyth man faces eight charges after investigators say they found drugs and a firearm during a stop at a local motel Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-happening\">What&#8217;s Happening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Monroe County investigators arrested Ellis Zellner on January 7 at the Travelodge in Forsyth following a report of suspected drug activity. Investigators say they smelled marijuana coming from a bag Zellner was holding, and he fled on foot before being caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zellner now faces the following charges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Methamphetamine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Crack Cocaine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Ecstasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Drug-Related Objects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Obstruction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-important\">What&#8217;s Important<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zellner was out on bond at the time of his arrest. He had been arrested twice in 2024 on drug charges \u2014 once on July 5 and again on September 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is now being held at the Monroe County Jail without bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-still-unknown\">What&#8217;s Still Unknown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators have not released details about what led to the initial report or what was found during the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 62-year-old Forsyth man faces eight charges after investigators say they found drugs and a firearm during a stop at a local motel Tuesday. What&#8217;s Happening Monroe County investigators arrested Ellis Zellner on January 7 at the Travelodge in Forsyth following a report of suspected drug activity. Investigators say they smelled marijuana coming from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":241070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14556,20100],"class_list":["post-241069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-drugs","tag-travelodge","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}