THE HERALD/ SC SHERIFF'S) DEPT.
Cash, drugs, and the gun found during the vehicle search.

Two Sevier County men were arrested after a traffic stop where officers found scheduled narcotics, cash and a gun Oct.11.

Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals state at app. 10 a.m. a traffic officer stopped a vehicle on Chapman Hwy.  at Seymour's Shiloh Church Rd.  because of a seat belt violation.

When records were searched, it was discovered the driver had an active warrant for Volition of Parole in Sevier County. Officers then searched the car and found Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Alprolozam, Xanax, Valium, and Dilaudid. Additionally, a .38 pistol, $1546.00 in cash and drug paraphernalia was also found in the vehicle.

Officers further located several unfilled prescriptions and appointment cards from several doctors and pain clinics in the region.

Seymour Herald / Sheriff's Dept
David C. Cushman

Sevier County Sheriff's Department Captain Jeff McCarter said the names of the pain clinics cannot be released due to HIPPA laws.

Officers seized the items along with the car and arrested the occupants.

Arrested was David C. Cushman, 42 of Gatlinburg and Timothy S. Uner, 49 of Sevierville.

Cushman was charged with eight accounts of possession of schedule II narcotics with intent to resale, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Uner was charged with one account of possession of a schedule II narcotic with intent to resale, possession of drug paraphernalia, and violation of probation. Both were transported to Sevier County Jail where they were arraigned before a magistrate.

Cushman is being held without bond and Uner was freed after posting a $3000 bond.

The pair will have a hearing in General Sessions Court on Nov. 9 of this year.

Officials said the investigation is ongoing at this time.

Seymour Herald / Sheriff's Dept
Timothy S. Uner

Cash, drugs, and the gun found during the vehicle search. (THE HERALD/ SC SHERIFF'S) DEPT.)