FROM STAFF REPORTS
Edgecombe County Sheriff James Knight reported six drug-related arrests Tuesday, which took place after a three month investigation called "Operation Preseason."
Darrel Lamont Porter, 22, of East Burnett Street in Pinetops was charged with selling and delivering cocaine, possession cocaine and intending to sell and deliver it, felony possession of cocaine, selling and delivering marijuana, possessing marijuana and intending to sell it, and maintaining a dwelling for the storage of a controlled substance.
Corey Lavon Council, 23, was charged with two counts of selling and delivering marijuana, two counts of possessing marijuana and intending to sell it and maintaining a dwelling for the storage of a controlled substance.
Alonzo Keith, 30, of Martin Drive in Princeville, was charged with three counts of selling and delivering cocaine, three counts of possessing cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver it, three counts of felony possession of cocaine and two counts of maintaining a vehicle for storage of drugs.
Gwendolyn Denise Johnson, 23, of Martin Drive in Princeville, was charged with two counts of conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine and two counts of maintaining a vehicle for the storage of a controlled substance.
Jesse Cadell Pitt, 32, of N.C. 111 South in Pinetops, was charged with four counts of selling and delivering cocaine, four counts of possessing cocaine with the intent of selling and delivering it, four counts of felony cocaine possession, and one count of maintaining a vehicle for the storage of a controlled substance.
Frank Junior Pittman, 32, of Newton Avenue in Princeville, was charged with selling and delivering cocaine, possessing cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver it, and felony possession of cocaine.
Porter, Pittman, Johnson and Council were each placed in the Edgecombe County Detention Center under $10,000 bonds.
Pitt was placed in the Detention Center under a $50,000 bond, and Keith was placed in the Detention Center under a $126,500 bond.
Knight said his deputies made controlled buys from the arrested individuals, as well as others. "This is a smaller scale follow-up to 'Operation March Madness.' The round-ups will continue throughout the year" into the fall, Knight added.
He asked that anyone with information about narcotics being sold in their neighborhoods to please call the Sheriff's Office at 641-7911.
