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26 arrested in Floyd meth investigat­ion

♦ GBI still seeking 5 people in investigat­ion that netted over nine pounds of meth and 18 firearms.

- Staff reports

Five people are still being sought after several raids netted the arrest of 26 people in Cedartown and Buchanan, concluding an 18-month investigat­ion.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigat­ion:

Police are still seeking Stephanie Michelle Radford, Charles Kenneth Cook, Deme- trius Antwon Brown, Robert James Shoemaker and Michael Horace Bailey on conspiracy to traffic methamphet­amine charges.

Agents executed search warrants at three locations in Cedartown —302 N. College St., 3744 Antioch Road and 230 Merritt’s Ave. — as well as 1140 Dugdown Road in Buchanan.

As a result of this investigat­ion, over nine pounds of methamphet­amine, three ounces of heroin, 18 firearms and 18 prescripti­on pills were seized.

Multiple people were arrested and charged with methamphet­amine-related offenses.

Jonathon Andrew Bradshaw, Brittany Hope Morgan, Megan Reddish Highfield, Sandra Cook, Billy Jack Hickson, Chrescent Taylor, Ashley Louis, Christophe­r Prevant, Oscar Mondragon, Berto Carrizal and Eric Daniel Campbell were all charged with traffickin­g methamphet­amine.

Harley Eugene Brown, Aislinn Yvonne Haney, Jerimy Allen Chavez, Johnny Shane Oswalt, Robert Anthony McKee, Christophe­r Wayne Truett Jr. and William Rutledge are all charged with conspiracy to traffic methamphet­amine.

Christophe­r Wayne Truett is charged with conspiracy to receive stolen property.

Susan Elaine Crocker, Dylan James Pointer, Kicia Arlene Coffey, Amberly Star Adams are charged with possession of methamphet­amine.

Jamie Jeanine Forrister is charged with conspiracy to possess methamphet­amine.

The raids began on Feb. 7 with members of the GBI West Metro Regional Drug Enforcemen­t Office, GBI Region 1 Calhoun Office, Polk County Drug Task Force, Floyd-Rome Metro Drug Task Force, Polk County Police Department, Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Cedartown Police Department.

Other charges and arrests are expected as a result of this investigat­ion, the press release stated.

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