When a deputy executed a search warrant at a home in the Linton area last Saturday night, he reported finding methamphetamine and items associated with meth use.

Michael Wayne Fahey, 45, Linton, was arrested by Deputy David Elmore of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department early Sunday, February 23.

Last Saturday night, Deputy Elmore applied for a search warrant for Fahey’s residence on West County Road 230 North in the Linton area. It was approved and then executed around 11:15 p.m.

Deputy Elmore reported he found digital scales with a white substance on the scales, multiple glass smoking pipes with white residue, small plastic bags with a white substance inside and small clear containers with a white crystal substance that field-tested positive as methamphetamine.

When Deputy Elmore informed Fahey the items that were found in Fahey’s bedroom had tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine, Fahey allegedly admitted the items found in the bedroom belonged to him.

Around 1 a.m. Sunday, Fahey was booked into the Greene County Jail where he was being held without bond pending his appearance in court for an initial hearing.

Fahey is facing preliminary charges of: