A shed fire leads to an arrest and recovery of drugs in Cherokee County.

Deputies responded to a fire in Weir yesterday afternoon. Firefighters from the Weir, Cherokee Township, Scammon and Columbus Fire Departments were extinguishing a storage shed fire. The investigation into the cause of the fire led deputies to arrest 28-year-old Francis Ira Dylan Hauck, of Frontenac.

Hauck allegedly started the fire by dropping a lit cigarette while attempting to steal copper wire from inside the shed. In addition, he was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Hauck was transported to the Cherokee County Jail on allegations of burglary, theft, criminal damage to property and possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.