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Douglas Bryant Jr., of Wayne County, is arrested as
a part of a massive countywide drug roundup.
He is escorted to jail by Ben Nivens, of the Tenn Care Fraud Unit, and Sgt. Bryant Burcham of the
Waynesboro Police Department.
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arrested in county's largest drug roundup
WAYNESBORO, Tenn.
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Updated: September 24. 2007 11:12PM
Published: September 25. 2007 3:30AM
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In a combined operation between
the
Waynesboro Police
Department and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, 34 people were arrested
Monday for the sale of illegal drugs.
Waynesboro Police
Chief Keith Reeves said 20 officers were armed with 37 felony arrest
warrants that involved 63 drug cases.
Wayne County Sheriff Ric Wilson said
the grand jury warrants were issued Friday.
As the day ended with 34 felony arrests, both Reeves and Wilson called the
joint operation a success.
"We've got a few still out, but they'll show up sooner or later. It was a
good day," Wilson said.
He said the undercover operation and roundup was "unprecedented" for Wayne
County.
"This was two agencies working together to try and make a difference in a
problem. A lot of long hours and hard work went into this, but the effort
was all worthwhile," the sheriff said.
Reeves said the roundup went off without any problems.
He said the operation began about four months ago with undercover officers
and informants making drug buys. He said every person arrested Monday is
accused of selling illegal drugs.
Wilson said the operation was an effort to do something about the county's
pill problem.
"There is a pill problem in this county, so bad that we labeled this
investigation 'Operation Bad Medicine,' " he said.
Reeves and Wilson said most of the illegal drugs confiscated included
Lortabs, Xanax or Morphine.
"There was some meth and some marijuana, but 90 percent was pills," Wilson
said.
Reeves said the operation was a way to send a message to drug dealers and
drug users.
"We want people to know we're not going to tolerate this illegal
activity," Wilson said.
"This is not going to be the last time for this kind of operation," Reeves
said.
Tom Smith can be reached at 740-5757.
THOSE ARRESTED INCLUDE
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Christopher Thomas Hammock, 41, 119
Hurricane Creek Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; two counts of sale of scheduled III drugs (Lortabs); Tenn Care
fraud.
Timothy Lynn Holt, 20, 931 Wayne 99,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule VI drugs (marijuana).
Crystal G. Jones, 22, 655 Kilburn Hollow
Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of scheduled VI drugs (marijuana).
Vicky L. Mayes, 49, 200 Walnut St., Apt.
C-7, Clifton, Tenn.; sale of scheduled III drugs (Lortabs).
Katie W. Skelton, 64, 506 Riverwood Drive,
Apt. D-1, Clifton, Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (meth) and
criminal responsibility (sale of drugs).
Sherry Robin Depriest, 22, 111 Vaughn St.,
Apartment F-1,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (meth) in a school zone and sale of
schedule IV drugs (Xanax) in a school zone.
Kenneth Brent Olive, 34, 1728 Hurricane
Creek Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (meth).
Anthony Dewayne Dabbs, 42, 107 Vaughn St.,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; two counts of sale of schedule IV drugs (Xanax).
Douglas Bryant Jr., 21, 427 U.S. 64, West
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; two counts of sale schedule III drugs (Lortabs) in a school
zone.
Anthony Wayne West, 52, 602 Wayne St.,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (meth) and sale of a schedule VI
drugs (marijuana).
Eric Curtis Daniel, 40, Wayne Street,
Collinwood,
Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (meth) in a school zone and
possession of schedule VI drugs (marijuana).
Dennis Wade Staggs, 2080 Pinkley Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs).
Adrian Rich, 30, 655 Hurricane Creek Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule VI drugs (marijuana).
Iva Dean McClain, Banger Branch Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs) and sale of schedule II
drugs (meth).
Candace Caroline Pigg, 24, 1217 Washington
St.,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; two counts of sale of schedule II drugs (meth).
Michele Lanier, 45, Apt. 4D, U.S. 64, West,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs), sale of schedule IV drugs
(clonapam) and Tenn Care Fraud.
Margie Barthel, 45, 118 Dickson St.,
Collinwood,
Tenn.; two counts of sale of schedule II drugs (meth) and sale of
schedule II drugs (meth) in a school zone.
Crystal Dawn Hooker, 27, 616 S. Main. St.,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs).
Kathy Belinda Keeton, 40, 909 Moccasin Creek
Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; two counts of sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs) and two
counts of Tenn Care fraud.
Marshal Dixon, 39, 2923 TieCamp Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (morphine) in a school zone,
possession of schedule VI drugs (marijuana), and sale of schedule III
drugs (Lortabs) in a school zone.
Junior Earl Dixon, 42, 2421 TieCamp Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs) in a school zone.
Gene D. Vetetor Jr., 30, 1209 Herbert
Gallien Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (meth).
Margaret Bryant, 42, 837 Tenn. 13,
Collinwood,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs).
Dustin Phillips, 29, 615 Green River Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs).
Brian Deese, 42, 1255 Baucham Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs).
Jason Thrasher, 23, 4280 Upper Factory Creek
Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs).
Ross Stephen Adams, 48, 3135 Jeter Road,
Clifton, Tenn.; sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs), simple
possession of schedule VI drugs (marijuana) and unlawful possession of
drug paraphernalia.
Timothy Lynn Holt, 20, 931 Wayne 99,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule VI drugs (marijuana).
Leo Lewis Evans, 54, 1122
Waynesboro
Highway;
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule VI drugs (marijuana).
Virgil Leon Hill, Cantrell Lane,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of scheduled III drugs (Lortabs).
Nathan Lebreque, 22, 111 Vaughn St.,
Apartment A107,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule VI drugs (marijuana) in a school zone.
Anthony Richardson, Porter Road,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; two counts of sale of schedule III drugs (Lortabs), sale of
schedule IV drugs (Xanax), three counts of Tenn Care fraud.
William “Bud” Gower, 40, 967 Wayne 99,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of scheduled III drugs (Lortabs) and sale of schedule IV
drugs (Xanax).
Jonathan Landers, 28, 413 Savannah Highway,
Waynesboro,
Tenn.; sale of schedule II drugs (morphine).
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