Scioto County, OH, man facing drug charges

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Johnathan McJunkin -- Source: Scioto County Sheriff's Office

A Peebles, Ohio, man is facing several charges related to what police said is a drug trafficking ring.

Johnathan B. McJunkin, of Grassy Fork Road, was arrested by agents of the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force and the FBI, according to a news release from the Scioto County Sheriff's Office.

McJunkin was charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, attempted trafficking in drugs within the vicinity of a juvenile, both first-degree felonies, and trafficking in drugs, a second-degree felony, the news release states.

Officers served an arrest warrant after a Scioto County grand jury indicted McJunkin, according to the news release.