An ongoing investigation by the Jefferson Police Department leads to two people facing felony drug charges.

Police Chief Dave Morlan says his officers, deputies with the Greene County Sheriff’s office and the Department of Human Services executed a search warrant for suspected stolen property and narcotic-related items at 403 North Olive Street on November 15, 2013.

Following tests results from the Criminalistics Laboratory in Ankeny, a Jefferson man and woman have been issued arrest warrants this week.  Morlan explains that because of the amount of requests and the workload for the lab, it took several months before they received the results from the recovered items from the search warrant.

41 year-old Frederick James Lonsdale of Rippey is accused and charged with a Class C Felony for a third offense for conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, a Class D Felony for his third offense for possession of methamphetamine, an aggravated misdemeanor for his third offense for possession of marijuana and another misdemeanor for possession of drug paraphernalia.

33 year-old Heather Thelma Ott of Jefferson is accused and charged with a Class C Felony for her second offense for conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and misdemeanors for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Lonsdale is already serving two years of probation for an aggravated misdemeanor charge for stealing a vehicle earlier this year.  Online court records show that he also has other convicted felony charges for drugs, burglary, theft and forgery.

Online court records show that Ott has also had convicted felony drug charges from Carroll County.

Both were arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail.  Ott was released on her own recogniances while Lonsdale remains in jail.

The case remains under investigation at this time.

Raccoon Valley Radio will bring you more information as it becomes official.