Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Mountain Rest Man On Multiple Drug Charges

(Seneca, SC)————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Mountain Rest man on multiple drug charges. 39 year old James Ernest Bynum III was arrested after a traffic stop this week after a deputy confirmed a tag on the vehicle that Bynum III was driving came back to a Mercedes instead of a Mustang that Bynum III was in operation of. A search of Bynum III person produced approximately nineteen Oxycodone pills and approximately five Alprazolam pills along with a quantity of Methamphetamine. Bynum III was charged in arrest warrants with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance in relation to the Oxycodone and Possession of a Controlled Substance in relation to the Alprazolam.