City DPS nets nine in drug bust
By RICHARD WALKER, T&D Staff Writer Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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Nine individuals from around Orangeburg County were taken into custody on a multitude of drug-related charges during what is being called an ongoing operation.
“At the end of last week, officers from this department began an operation where we were hunting for multiple drug defendants,” Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Capt. Mike Adams said Monday. “This was the culmination of a long-term investigation conducted by the Department of Public Safety Narcotics Unit.”
Besides the nine people taken into custody, the drug bust resulted in the seizure of a number of weapons and drugs.
“This group seized a substantial quantity of cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana as well as several handguns and ammunition,” Adams said. “All of the high-risk individuals were targeted by the SWAT team and taken into custody without incident.”
The operation included officers from the ODPS as well as the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and hit several areas about the community.
“Although it’s not just one area, we did target problem areas,” Adams said. “We knew where the business was.”
The team went out carrying 66 warrants issued against an undisclosed number of individuals. But police are “still holding a substantial number of warrants, and we are actually searching for a number of suspects. We anticipate this operation will take another two weeks,” Adams said.
Those arrested were:
Charles Jermaine Keitt, 28, of 1292 Land’s End, Orangeburg, charged with possession of a pistol by a felon, trafficking cocaine, four counts of possession of a controlled substance within proximity of a school, third-offense possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and two counts of distribution within proximity of a school.
Orangeburg Municipal Judge Barney Houser set bond on Keitt at $525,000.
John Wesley Haynes, 49, of 1195 St. Matthews Road, Orangeburg, was charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, two counts of distribution within proximity of a school, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and one count of simple possession of marijuana.
Bond was set at $300,000.
Raymane Kenyada Dodd, 29, of 115 Red Cedar Drive, Orangeburg, was charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, one count of distribution of cocaine, three counts of distribution within proximity of a playground and one count of distribution of marijuana.
Bond was set at $90,000.
Thorne Williams, 30, of 112 Toronto Lane, Bowman, was charged with three counts of distribution of crack cocaine and three counts of distribution within proximity of a school.
Bond was set at $60,000.
Kendall G. Thomas, 20, of 306 Aultman St., Orangeburg, was charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and two counts of distribution within proximity of a school.
Bond was set at $40,000.
Hercules R. Busby Jr., 33, 1637 Blewer Road, Cope, was charged with two counts of third-offense distribution of crack cocaine and two counts of distribution within proximity of a school.
Bond was set at $40,000.
Antonio Renard Jamison, 24, of 128 Fake Lane, Orangeburg, was charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and two counts of distribution within proximity of a school.
Bond was set at $40,000.
Andrew Keitt, 21, of 540 Gibson St., Orangeburg, was charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, trafficking cocaine and two counts of possession with intent to distribute within proximity of a school.
Bond was set at $20,000
Timothy Terrell Greene, 28, of 7404 Bailey St., Columbia, was charged with third-offense distribution of crack cocaine, distribution within proximity of a playground and simple possession of marijuana.
T&D Staff Writer Richard Walker can be reached by e-mail at rwalker@timesanddemocrat.com or by telephone at 803-533-5516. Discuss this and other stories online at TheTandD.com.
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