Sep - 11 - 08
OPERATION HURRICANE!
Four-Month Undercover Operation Results in Massive Drug Round-up in Stanley
A regional drug sting coordinated between North Carolina SBI, the Stanley Police Department, and the Mount Holly Police Department with assistance from the Gaston County Sheriff, City of Gastonia Police Department, the North Carolina Department of Revenue, and the Belmont Police has been deemed a success
Operation Hurricane began promptly at 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, a combined effort between local and state agencies that succeeded in rounding up 27 of 31 investigated drug offenders in Gaston County. Four arrest teams and a processing team spread out throughout the region in a coordinated operation to serve the arrest warrants. Those arrested and charged were transported to a processing center set up at the Stanley Fire Department and then transported to the Gaston County Jail.
Statements:
Lt. Derek Summey with the Stanley PD:
(One of the main organizers of this sting)
“This operation lets these people know they cannot hide in neighboring jurisdictions. They live in one town and think they can operate in another and escape prosecution. We don’t have a lot of the resources that Mount Holly and the SBI have. It is useful to be able to coordinate things.”
Mount Holly Police Chief Belk:
“We got a call from the Stanley Police Department about some drug issues. We were in the middle of some investigations and pulled in the SBI. When you start bringing in other agencies, resources are magnified and then we are capable of doing something of this magnitude. And it has an impact on the entire region.”
Stanley Police Chief Heath Jenkins:
“The key to working drug operations in a small community is doing something like working with the MHPD, SBI and other agencies. Resources in a small community are stretched and it takes the agencies working together to make this happen.”
Impact: “We did a similar operation last year targeting pharmaceutical drugs. This year is street drugs. Hopefully will make some kind of impact on the community.”
Stanley Town Manager Bob Greback:
“It is unfortunate that the town of Stanley has drug traffic at this high of a level. Heroin, cocaine, crack and marijuana pose a serious threat to our residents’ health and safety. “Operation Hurricane” and others like it show our police departments’ strong commitment to preserving the health and safety of our community.”
Arrested and charged were:
Tamara May Carver - Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of marijuana and opiates, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Bobby Igorskie Crawford – Mount Holly– Sale and delivery of marijuana
Dorothy Beason Adcock – Mount Holly - Sale of marijuana, trafficking in opiates, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Megan Marie Lynch – Gastonia - Sale and delivery of crack cocaine
William Morris Gist – Stanley - Sale and delivery of crack cocaine
Chris Edward Miller – Stanley – sale and delivery of crack cocaine
Priscilla Jeanette Smith – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Amanda Michelle Hayes – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of opiates
Vickie Lynn Donaldson – Dallas – Sale and delivery of heroin, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Randy Gene Hayes – Dallas – Sale and delivery of heroin, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Michael Anthony McDowell – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Nancy Beason Smith – Mount Holly Sale and delivery of opiates, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Antonio Lamar Leach – Gastonia – Sale and delivery of crack cocaine
Phillip Charles Johnson – Stanley – Sale and delivery of MDMA (ecstasy)
Marcos Keral McDowell – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Garry Lee Wilson – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of marijuana, trafficking opiates, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Julie Mae Carr – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of opiates, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
George Stanley Robinson – Stanley - Sale and delivery of crack cocaine
Willie Clifton Shedd – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of opiates, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Eric Lamar Belton – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Arthur Jake Brown – Gastonia - Sale and delivery of marijuana, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Marshon Shondel Nichols – Mount Holly – Sale and delivery of crack cocaine crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell and deliver controlled substance
Curtis Edward Grier – Mount Holly - Sale and delivery crack cocaine
Sara Nicole Jelinek – Mount Holly - Trafficking in opiates
James Walker Young – Gastonia – Sale and delivery of crack cocaine
Kimbery Sentelia Moore – Gastonia – Sale and delivery of crack cocaine
See Gaston Gazette for more information
For more information:
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/police_24751___article.html/stanley_officers.html
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