Two charged for having heroin, guns Two men face charges after investigators say they were caught with heroin and guns. Hoyt Edward Thorn, of Chapel Grove Road, Gastonia, and Dylan Cole Franklin, of James Love School Road, Shelby, are the most recent arrests in the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office ongoing focus on drugs coming into the community. “The Sheriff’s Office will continue to make drug investigations a high priority,” said Sheriff Alan Norman. Norman has made it a priority on stopping the flow of drugs like heroin, methamphetamine and others into the county for more than a year. Citing that drug use leads to other crimes.