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Published: October 23, 2009 10:41 pm
12 suspected drug dealers arrested in Louisa
Staff report
The Independent
LOUISA —
A dozen individuals suspected of illegally selling drugs in Lawrence County were arrested during a roundup on Tuesday.
These suspects were among 17 indicted on drug-related offenses by the county grand jury earlier this month.
The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and Operation UNITE detectives have been investigating these dealers — most of whom were trafficking in OxyContin pills — since around February.
Lawrence County Sheriff Garrett Roberts, Louisa Police Chief Phillip Claxton and officers from their departments joined UNITE this week to serve arrest warrants.
As of Thursday morning, 12 people had been charged and lodged at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Johnson County. They are:
‰Bill Arthur, 70, Kennedy Street, Louisa, two counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
‰Edgar Bradley, 66, Meades Branch Road, Louisa, one count first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and three counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
‰Edford Coffey, 27, Long Branch, Louisa, first-degree conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a minor.
‰Anna Evans, 65, Kennedy Street, Louisa, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and two counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
‰Brenda D. Johnson, 31, Old Fallsburg Road, Louisa, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
‰Cole May, 26, Serielda Lane, Louisa, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and one count second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
‰Faye Mulkey, 57, South Main Street, Louisa, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, unlawful imprisonment, fourth-degree assault and criminal mischief.
‰John Mulkey, 45, South Main Street, Louisa, three counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
‰Emma Seldonridge, 42, Highway 3 North, Louisa, two counts complicity to traffic in a controlled substance.
‰Ronald E. Seldonridge, 68, Highway 3 North, Louisa, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and two counts complicity to traffic in a controlled substance.
‰Brenda Shannon, 23, West Central Avenue, Ashland, first-degree conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a minor.
‰William Smith, 46, Highway 2037, Louisa, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and persistent felony offender.
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