Task Force apprehends 17 suspects on drug distribution charges
By Kadie Bye | November 15, 2001Local police forces concluded a four-month undercover operation Tuesday with the apprehension of 17 suspects on a variety of drug distribution charges, including crack cocaine and marijuana dealing. Police also are investigating and plan to serve several more warrants to area offenders as part of Operation: Fall Round-Up. With the help of the Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force officers focused their investigation on open-air markets in various neighborhoods, mainly around central Charlottesville. Crackdown JADE Task Force agents arrested the following individuals: Roderick Banks with one count of cocaine distribution. Barbie Berry with two counts of cocaine distribution. Alvin James Cabell with one count of cocaine distribution. Russell Carter with three counts of cocaine distribution. Thomas James Scott with two counts of cocaine distribution. Curtis Gilmore with one count of cocaine distribution. Cortez Ralph Jefferies with one count of cocaine distribution. Adrian Maurice Johnson with two counts of cocaine distribution. Christian Lockley with one count of imitation cocaine distribution. Carlos Martin with one count of cocaine distribution. Rita Michie with two counts of cocaine distribution. Luther Lamore Smith with one count of cocaine distribution. Jamol Lekey Walker with one count of cocaine distribution. George Wilson with one count of cocaine distribution and one count of imitation cocaine distribution. Damien Maurice Woodfolk with one count of cocaine distribution. Kenneth Wayne Farrish with two counts of marijuana distribution. Kenneth Daniel Mahunik with one count of marijuana distribution.
