Manning woman arrested in Sumter meth conspiracy

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SUMTER - The Sumter County Sheriff's Office and the S.C. Highway Patrol reported last week that Ashley Meghan Pack, 29, of 20 Sheffield Court in Manning, was arrested May 29 on Ramsey Road in Sumter and charged, along with two Sumter men, with criminal conspiracy and manufacture of methamphetamine. Pack was arrested along with Anthony Dustin Dill, 28, of 1280 Bell Road in Sumter, and Ricky Lee Watford, 42, of 2270 Swallow Drive in Sumter, after a traffic stop. Dill was also charged with DUS; SCSO deputies and troopers found a spoon with methamphetamine residue in Dill's pocket and the vehicle's glove compartment. SCHP also found syringes, starter fluid, Drano, lithium batteries and nasal decongestants, all items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. Pack was granted a $5,000 surety bond after her arrest and remains at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, according to the jail's website. Her next court appearance is set for July 11.