75 Arrests: Opioid Crackdown In Manatee County

BRADENTON, FL — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of 75 people on a combined total of about 200 charges following several undercover operations that began on Jan. 1. The results of the operations were released on Thursday, May 25.

Deputies say the law enforcement effort targeted people who were selling, distributing and trafficking narcotics. Those “suffering from the disease of addiction” were not necessarily targeted, a media release explained.

During multiple undercover purchases since the year began, deputies seized an estimated 7,939 grams of cocaine, 697 grams of heroin/fentanyl/carfentanil, 38,465 grams of marijuana, 1 gram of methadone, 2,258 grams of methamphetamine and other drugs, including Xanax and Ecstasy.

“The seizures have prevented well over 7,000 ‘hits’ of opioids from being distributed, which has been the cause of numerous overdoses and deaths within the county,” the sheriff's office noted.

While 75 arrests were announced Thursday, deputies say investigations remain active.

Those arrested since the operation began and the charges they face are:

• Sarah Thomas, 04/12/1983: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Quentin Gilbert, 08/03/1991: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Larry Allen, 09/03/1960: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3, Sale of Marijuana
• Keith Grisset, 12/7/1970: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 4
• Emory Parks, 09/08/1961: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Camille Moses, 01/03/1980: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Shaunquez Houston, 09/10/1991: Distribution of Carfentanil, Dist. Of Heroin, Dist. Of Methamphetamine
• John Bell, 01/04/1967: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 2
• Thomas O’Brien, 12/09/1995: Sale of Marijuana X 3
• Cynthia Pappillion, 01/10/1973: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Van Kinder, 06/08/1958: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Manvel Canady, 02/04/1991: Sale of Fentanyl X 2, Sale of a Fraudulent Substance
• Thomas Holderness, 08/03/1988: Sale of Rock Cocaine, Sale of a Fraudulent Substance X 2
• 17-year-old juvenile: Sale of Fentanyl X 2, Sale of Heroin X 4, Sale of Rock Cocaine (Juvenile)
• Arin Parsley, 09/01/1994: Sale of Fentanyl, Sale of Heroin, Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Kirby Riley, 07/31/1984: Sale of Heroin, Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Rakim Waters, 10/17/1990: Distribution of heroin/carfentanil x 5 and conspiracy to distribute carfentanil
• Travis Edwards, 01/16/1988: Sale of Heroin, Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Terrance Johnson, 04/28/1971: Sale of Oxycodone, Sale of Alprazolam
• Sidney Colcord, 08/19/1981: Sale of Heroin, Sale of Rock Cocaine X 2
• Gavino Corona, 06/12/1993: Distribution of Carfentanil x 2
• Naomi Dixon, 09/17/1965: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Bradford Tanner, 09/05/1963: Possession with Intent to Sell Rock Cocaine
• Caleb Valeur, 01/03/1995: Sale of Heroin X 5, Possession with Intent to Sell Heroin, Possession of Rock Cocaine
• Ernesto Ramirez, 10/20/1995: Sale of Marijuana X 3
• Willie Brown, 08/21/1998: Sale of Heroin, Possession of Fentanyl, Possession of Rock Cocaine, Child Neglect
• Courtney Johnson, 11/21/1981: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 2, Solicitation of Prostitution
• Crystal Rhoades, 02/03/1980: Sale of Rock Cocaine, Felony Solicitation of Prostitution
• Van Kinder, 06/08/1958: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Sylvester Flowers, 09/08/1963: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 2
• James Shields, 09/19/1993: Sale of Methamphetamine X 3
• Nicole Matthews, 10/22/1981: Sale of a Fraudulent Substance
• Essence Hobbs, 07/21/1992: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 6
• Andrew Kutt, 11/15/1971: Trafficking in heroin, Trafficking in Methamphetamine
• Ronell Green, 12/24/1971: Sale of Rock Cocaine, Sale of Marijuana
• Jeffrey Cothran, 02/16/1987: Sale of Methamphetamine
• Samuel Sailes, 06/30/1992: Sale of Marijuana X 3
• Arris Chandler, 10/30/1955: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 2
• Janard McCants, 12/23/1991: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Anthony Morgan, 09/30/1986: Sale of Rock Cocaine, Sale of Marijuana
• Jimmy Green, 05/03/1977: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3, Sale of Marijuana X 2
• Asa Bryant, 10/21/1981: Sale of Rock Cocaine, Sale of Powder Cocaine, Sale of Morphine
• Jerrell Jackson, 01/06/1988: Possession with Intent to Distribute Carfentanil, Conspiracy to Distribute Carfentanil
• Michale Anderson, 08/03/1989: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Valentino Swain, 04/05/1991: Sale of Alprazolam, Sale of Marijuana X 2
• Christopher Williams, 09/08/1987: Sale of Rock Cocaine, Sale of Marijuana X 3
• Fitz Richards, 11/13/1992: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 2
• Apache Hunt, 02/17/1977: Sale of Oxycodone, Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Traci Adams, 11/24/1973: Sale of Carfentanil
• Andrew Freeman, 10/01/1988: Sale of Fentanyl, Sale of Heroin X 2
• Demetrick Edwards, 04/20/1978: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Kyle Laracey, 04/29/1985: Sale of Marijuana X 4
• Tereza Gonzalez, 06/09/1969: Sale of Fentanyl, Principle to Sale of Fentanyl
• Brandon Hartsoe, 08/01/1984: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Jodi Chaffin, 09/12/1973: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 5
• Patrick Green, 06/06/1994: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 4
• Mark Johnson Jr., 09/20/1980: Sale of Fentanyl, Sale of Rock Cocaine X 4
• Matti Long, 12/21/1977: Sale of Fentanyl, Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Aaron Klock, 06/16/1983: Sale of Methamphetamine X 3
• Jacoby Council, 05/09/1989: Sale of Marijuana X 3
• Marcel Jackson, 12/27/1988: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Edward Harley, 09/24/1978: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 3
• Daniel Marez, 10/03/1972: Sale of Methamphetamine X 2, Sale of Rock Cocaine
• John Felton, 12/13/1955: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Lee Pompey, 05/17/1948: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Johnnie Calhoun, 10/10/1978: Sale of Rock Cocaine X 2
• Joshua Hunt, 01/18/1985: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Cynthia Tackett, 08/19/1967: Trafficking in Hydrocodone, Possession of Cocaine, Felony Possession of Marijuana
• Thomas Evans, 08/11/1961: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Daequan Elridge, 02/21/1999: Sale of Fentanyl, Sale of Heroin
• Joshua Finnerty, 10/25/1977: Possession of Residence to Traffic Methamphetamine with a Minor Present
• DeShawn Eatmon, 10/14/1996: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Howard Lawrence, 02/12/1979: Sale of Rock Cocaine
• Michael Sullivan, 06/18/1983: Sale of Fentanyl
• Marquelle Williams, 08/26/1990: Sale of Fentanyl

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