Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Two on Drug Trafficking Charge after Weekend Traffic Stop

Morris Horton Morgan

Melanie Dawn Marcengill

(Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man and woman over the weekend, on a drug trafficking charge, after a Sunday afternoon traffic stop near the Picket Post Community. 

62 year old Morris Horton Morgan, of Old Hurricane Road in Westminster, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 6:02pm yesterday.  Morgan was charged with three counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance and one count each of Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession of a Weapon during Commission of a Violent Crime, for No South Carolina Driver’s License and Failure to Possess a Registration Card.

38 year old Melanie Dawn Marcengill, who has listed addresses of Johnson Street in Westminster and Burrleton Drive in Seneca, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 8:37pm Sunday on one count of Trafficking in Methamphetamine. 

At this time, Morgan and Marcengill remain in jail, pending a bond hearing for both. 

A Deputy on routine patrol yesterday afternoon initiated a traffic stop on a Mazda vehicle on Ervin Rogers Road near N. Highway 11.  The Deputy was advised that the Mazda was displaying a tag that belonged on a Toyota Tacoma. 

The Deputy made contact with the driver, identified as Morgan.  Morgan stated that he did not have a driver’s license and that the vehicle was not registered.  The passenger in the vehicle was identified as being Marcengill.

A second Deputy arrived on scene and Morgan provided consent for a vehicle search.  During the search, Deputies located a quantity of Methamphetamine, Xanax, Liquid Morphine and Oxycodone.  Deputies also seized a handgun, a KelTec 9mm Semi-Automatic pistol, that Morgan possessed.  

Both Morgan and Marcengill were placed under arrest and transported to jail.  Approximately 14.90 grams of Methamphetamine was seized as the result of the investigation, which is continuing at this time.