On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 4:58pmCT, Deputy Derek Padgett responded 14 miles south of Columbia around the Adair-Cumberland County line to investigate a suspicious person call. Upon arrival, the deputy located 34-year-old Jeffrey Newland of Russell County. Newland appeared to be under the influence of an intoxicating substance and failed a series of sobriety tests. Upon his arrest, Newland was found to be in possession of a quantity of illegal controlled prescription narcotics.   

Newland was arrested and lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail on charges of Public Intoxication and Possession of a Controlled Substance.