Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald, Lancaster Police Chief William Colborn, and Whitefield Police Chief Edward Sampson III announce that a joint investigation of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Drug Task Force, Lancaster Police Department, and Whitefield Police Department resulted in yesterday's arrest of Tina Savage, age 54, of Whitefield, NH, and her son, Jonathan Savage, age 39, of Lancaster, NH, for sales of controlled drugs.

Tina Savage was held on $5,000.00 cash bail and is being arraigned this afternoon in the Grafton County Superior Court on 5 counts of sale of the controlled drugs hydrocodone, buprenorphine, and carisoprodol. Jonathan Savage was held on $4,000.00 cash bail and is also being arraigned this afternoon in the Grafton County Superior Court on 4 counts of sale of the controlled drug buprenorphine.

The charges and allegations are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.