February 8, 2017
OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP FOCUSES ON HEROIN TRAFFIC IN FLORENCE COUNTY
SUBJECT: Erion Dephuon Black, age 23, of 934 Millbranch Road, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1))). See FCSO Booking Website for additional details.
SUBJECT: Robert Bryant Burgess, age 43, of 642 Maple Street, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional details.
SUBJECT: Adonis Labradford Doctor, age 22, of 60 Azalea Street, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.
SUBJECT: Tushai Shakur Edwards, age 22, of 942 Millbranch Road, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with two counts of Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.
SUBJECT: Rico Antony Linen, age 41, of 244 Azalea Street, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with Distribution of Heroin and Distribution of Crack Cocaine (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information. MORE
SUBJECT: Christopher Melvin, age 27, of 432 Dorchester Ct. Road, Lake City, SC 29560 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with four counts of Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.
SUBJECT: Justin Jamal Lewis, age 26, of 215 Byrnes Circle, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.
SUBJECT: Kayshawn Daron Linen, age 25, of 311 Liberty Street Apartments, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(g)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.
SUBJECT: Dwayne Edwado Marquis Wilson, age 36, of 135 Brook Street, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with two counts of Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.
SUBJECT: Victor Antoine Grant, age 29, of 1410 Bearoak Lane, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with two counts of Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)) and Possession of Controlled Substances (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370 (d)(2)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional details.
SUBJECT: Eric Joseph Miles, age 27, of 2453 Hanna Lake Road, Johnsonville, SC 29555 was arrested by deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2017 and charged with of Distribution of Heroin (S.C. Code Ann. 44-53-370(B)(1)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional details.
NARRATIVE: Earlier today, specially trained narcotics investigators with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of FCSO SWAT, FCSO Special Operations, FCSO Tracking Team, FCSO Aviation, Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office, Johnsonville Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service and SLED arrested 15 suspected of distributing heroin in the Johnsonville/Hemingway area of Florence and Williamsburg Counties. Operation Clean Sweep was the result of an undercover narcotics investigation which has been ongoing for almost a year. Deputies and investigators began the Operation this morning by executing search warrants and arrest warrants at approximately 5:00 AM in the Johnsonville area. By approximately 8:30 AM nearly 13 suspects were in custody. In addition to the above, investigators found a methamphetamine lab. The subjects listed above were arrested on warrants issued out of Florence County. Four other subjects were arrested on warrants issued out of Williamsburg County and transported to the Williamsburg County Detention Center.
“This area of our County has been plagued by heroin distribution and marked by instances of heroin overdoses, some resulting in death,” Sheriff Kenney Boone stated. “Undercover operations like Clean Sweep take a great deal of effort, time and patience to develop, and our Narcotics Division has done a tremendous amount of work in executing this highly successful operation.”
Operation Clean Sweep is ongoing and additional arrests are likely.
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Major Michael M. Nunn
General Counsel/P.I.O.
