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September 18, 2009

14 arrests in drug roundup

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Fourteen drug-related arrests were made Wednesday by Edgecombe County's narcotics task force, Sheriff James Knight announced today.

The arrests are the beginning of "another campaign against street-level drug dealers, as well as large supplies of cocaine throughout Edgecombe County," Knight said.

The following were charged and placed in the Edgecombe County Detention Center.

• Nevia Yemen Bridgers, 30, of 804 Chestnut St. in Tarboro, was charged with conspiracy to sell marijuana and received a $1,500 bond.

• Bobby Ray Bunn, 38, of Route 2, Box 118-E in Battleboro, was charged with possession of cocaine and received a $1,000 bond.

• Jessica Nicole Cherry, 30, of Lot 8D Raccoon Run in Pinetops, was charged with two counts of trafficking a Schedule II controlled substance, selling a Schedule II substance, and possessing a Schedule II substance with the intent to sell and deliver it. Her bond was set at $10,000.

• Calvin Gunter Jr., 35, of Walston Street in Princeville, was charged with selling cocaine, possessing cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver it and possessing cocaine. His bond was $1,500.

• Terrance Dwayne Johnson, 31, of Route 1 in Pinetops, was charged with possessing cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver it, selling cocaine and possessing cocaine. His bond was $10,000.

• Jermarkus Lane, 21, of Newton Avenue in Princeville, was charged with selling marijuana, possessing marijuana with the intent to sell and deliver it and maintaining a vehicle for the storage of narcotics. His bond was $2,000.

• Ramiro Maciel, 24, of Mobile Home Estates in Tarboro, was charged with two counts of trafficking cocaine, and received a $100,000 bond.

• Marsha Darlene McCrary, 30, of Route 1 in Pinetops, was charged with conspiring to sell a Schedule II substance, conspiring to traffic a Schedule II substance, possessing a Schedule IV substance and intending to sell and deliver it, selling a Schedule IV substance and maintaining a dwelling for the storage of narcotics. Her bond was $75,000.

• David Danille Miles, 30, of Raleigh, was charged with selling a Schedule I substance, possessing a Schedule I substance with the intent to sell and deliver it, and possessing a Schedule I substance. His bond was set at $10,000.

• Tammy Delores Perry, 44, of 8143 Glover Road in Mac-clesfield, was charged with possessing cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver it, selling cocaine and delivering cocaine. Her bond was $5,000.

• Timothy Antonio Pettaway, 39, of Davistown-Mercer Road in Pinetops, was charged with three counts of selling cocaine, three counts of possessing cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver it, and three counts of maintaining a dwelling. His bond was set at $20,000.

• William Stanley Silver Jr., 21, of Rocky Mount, was charged with two counts of trafficking opiates. His bond was $10,000.

• Heather Michelle Taylor, 20, of 2577 Colonial Road in Tarboro, was charged with two counts of trafficking a Schedule II substance, selling a Schedule II substance, and possessing a Schedule II substance with the intent to sell and deliver it. Her bond was $20,000.

• Taranius Whitehead, 31, of Jerry's Lane in Tarboro, was charged with selling and delivering crack cocaine, and received a $10,000 bond.

Knight said that more drugs arrests would follow the ones made Wednesday.

"I'd like to thank the citizens of Edgecombe County for their continued involvement in helping to keep their communities safe and drug free," the sheriff added.

The Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office can be reached at 641-7911.

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