Brainerd Army Store
photo by Wes Schultz
The owners of the vintage Brainerd Army Store have been arrested by federal authorities on charges of selling some $300,000 in materials used in the production of meth.
Charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance were Tony Dewayne Honeycutt and Terry Michael Honeycutt.
The government is seeking a $300,000 money judgment for the alleged profit on the meth materials from January 2008 to October 2010.
The government is also seeking to confiscate the land and store at 5102 Brainerd Road.
Jay Woods is prosecuting the case, which is being handled by an information in which the defendants and their attorneys are notified of the charges rather than an original indictment.
Tony Honeycutt has been the manager of the 19,000-square-foot Brainerd Army Store for a number of years.
His father bought it in 1972 from a family that had two Army stores here.
Tony Honeycutt is represented by attorney Steven Sadow of Atlanta, and Terry Honeycutt is represented by attorney Chris Townley of Rossville.
Federal authorities prosecuted Joe Swafford, owner of Broadway Home and Garden on South Broad Street, on similar charges.
He was convicted by a jury and was handed a 30-year federal prison sentence in 2006.
The government wound up owning the garden center. It was eventually sold and is now a wedding gallery and meeting place.