AIKEN --- Twenty-one suspects were arrested Thursday around Aiken County following a three-month undercover narcotics investigation by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
According to Lt. Michael Frank with the sheriff's office, the majority of the arrests were the result of undercover drug buys, although suspects were arrested for giving false information to police officers in order to protect the individuals being investigated for selling drugs.
"A lot of these people were selling drugs on their own," he said. "Multiple investigations were going simultaneously, and we brought them under one umbrella dubbed Operation Spring Cleaning."
Reach Michelle Guffey at (803) 648-1395, ext. 110, or michelle.guffey@augustachronicle.com.
All 21 individuals are in the Aiken County Detention Center. Police identified them as:
- Judy C. Hinson-Roberts, 54, of the 1200 block of East Pine Log Road in Aiken, on a charge of simple possession of marijuana.
- Ebony L. Daniels, 34, of the 600 block of Hutchinson Drive in North Augusta, on possession of cocaine.
- Virginia E. Eubanks, 44, of the 400 block of Brooks Street in Graniteville, on possession of drug paraphernalia.
- Keisha E. Warning, 17, of the 100 block of Napier Lane in Belvedere, on a charge of false information to police.
- Jessica R. DiMichael, 24, of the 200 block of Green Acres Park Lane in Bath, on three counts of distribution of ecstasy.
- Andrea S. Lowe, 24, of the 30 block of Filyaw Acres Lane in Gloverville, on a charge of distribution of a controlled substance -- Xanax.
- Joseph L. Jones, 26, of the 500 block of Charles Street in Gloverville, on a charge of distribution of crack cocaine.
- Joseph D. Kemp, 24, of the 200 block of Greenland Drive in Belvedere, on two counts of distribution of crack cocaine.
- Christopher F. Sims, 29, of the 100 block of Green Acres Park Lane in Bath, on a charge of distribution of ecstasy.
- Jimmy L. Alexander, 55, of the 100 block of Cato Road in Warrenville, on charges of distribution of crack cocaine within half-mile of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of distribution of crack cocaine.
- Leonard A. Powell, 45, of the 1200 block of East Pine Log Road in Aiken, on charges of distribution of marijuana, distribution of marijuana within a half-mile of school and possession of drug paraphernalia.
- Patrick D. Frazier, 21, of the 100 block of Napier Lane in Belvedere, on a charge of assault and battery and false information to police.
- Alonzo J. Miller, 38, of the 1100 block of Kalmia Apartment Lane in Graniteville, on two counts of distribution of cocaine and distribution of cocaine within half-mile of a school.
- Mario Nunez, 45, of 6 Points in Graniteville, on a charge of possession of crack cocaine.
- Tonietta Moore, 40, of the 100 block of East Taylor Street in Augusta, on two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within half-mile of a school.
- Warren J. Hatcher, 51, of the 500 block of Polatty Street in Graniteville, on charges of distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within half-mile of a school.
- Stephen Eubanks Jr., 27, of the 200 block of Green Acres Lane in Bath, on a charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
- Kurtis A. Price, 24, of the 300 block of Slide Hill Road in Johnston, on charges of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine within half-mile of a school and simple possession of marijuana.
- Amanda Boyd, 19, of the 100 block of Daffodil Drive in North Augusta, on a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
- David Ingram, 23, of the 200 block of Charleston Street in Aiken, on two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and two counts of distribution of crack cocaine within half-mile of a school.
- Umar Faruq Al Sim Muhammad, 23, of the 1000 block of Mt. Beulah Road in Windsor, on two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and two counts of distribution of crack cocaine within half-mile of a school.
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