MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — The Mobile Police Department conducted a three-month investigation focused on sales of illegal drugs on the south side of the city.
The area included Baltimore Street and Down the Bay areas, according to an MPD release.
Dead body found near railroad crossing in Jefferson County News 5’s Kathryn Bruch rode along with Mobile police in the operation and spoke with MPD Capt. Jonathan Lee.
“Drug buys in the south side area of Mobile, primarily Down the Bay,” Lee said. “The first location we’re hitting is not technically located in that area, but this target’s been making drug sales in that area and lives elsewhere.”
The MPD said it conducted the operation because of complaints and information from residents.
The police department’s narcotics and vice unit executed nine search warrants with the help of SWAT, canine detail, gang intelligence and the tactical intelligence detail.
Donate to help Red Cross efforts across 10 states “We locate the different people, different locations, and so we need a variety of things,” Lee said. “We did some direct enforcement through traffic in certain areas that were high in drug volume and made a significant amount of drug arrest there.”
The operation seized 580 grams of marijuana, 12 grams of cocaine, 12 grams of synthetic marijuana, 13 grams of methamphetamine, $32,366 in U.S. currency and seven firearms. There are still five outstanding targets.
“We get those leads, we follow up on them,” Mobile Police Chief William Jackson said. “Leads us to a day like today when we’re out here doing multiple warrants across the city and trying to curb the drug market.”
Here is a list of the people who were arrested as a result of Operation South Side Surge:
Targets arrested:
- 35-year-old Nicholas Tate
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Distribute
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Distribute
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Certain Person Forbidden to Possess Pistol
- Domestic Violence 1st Degree (Warrant)
- 47-year-old Winfred Malone Jr.
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- 32-year-old Maria Sotero
- Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance
- Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance
- 24-year-old Mikhel O’Cain
- Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Pistol In Car (Warrant)
- 29-year-old Nayef Gubari
- Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance
Ancillary arrests:
- 52-year-old Kimberly Montgomery
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- 25-year-old Danielle Harden
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- 22-year-old Demarcus Quinney
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Probation Violation – Felony
- 28-year-old Mohammed Edha
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree
- 44-year-old Mohammed Olshami
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree
- 30-year-old Mahfoudh Mohamed
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- 22-year-old Mamie Jowers-Dixon
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree (Warrant)
- 51-year-old Eric Lane
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- 35-year-old Joseph Wilson
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess a Pistol
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- 21-year-old Mendrell Pritchett
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- 26-year-old Recoa Hickenbottom
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree
- 43-year-old Willie Hosea Jr.
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Receiving Stolen Property 2nd Degree
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree (Warrant)
- Tinted Windows (Warrant)
- 46-year-old Samuel Wilkerson Jr.
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- 36-year-old Christopher Henderson
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree
- Run Red Light (Warrant)
- 42-year-old Monique McCall
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Tampering with Physical Evidence
- Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess a Pistol
- Attempt to Elude
- 27-year-old Willie Baker III
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Attempt to Elude
- Reckless Endangerment (3 counts)
- Resisting Arrest
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Warrant)
- Tampering with Physical Evidence (Warrant)
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree (Warrant)
- Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess a Pistol
- 31-year-old Travontia Williams
- Probation Revocation (Warrant)
- Probation Revocation (Warrant)
- 29-year-old Deandre White
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess a Pistol
- Probation Revocation (Warrant, 2 counts)
- 21-year-old Ladarron Glover
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree
- Probation Revocation (Warrant, 2 counts)
- 40-year-old Michael Lett
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- 31-year-old Dextarius Earies
- Domestic Violence 3rd (Harassment, Warrant, 2 counts)
- Domestic Violence (Strangulation or Suffocation, Warrant)
- Reckless Endangerment (Warrant)
Outstanding targets:
- 43-year-old James Sewell
- Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substance (2 counts)
- 33-year-old Demilton Simmons
- Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance (2 counts)
- 60-year-old Gordon Johnson
- Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance
- 42-year-old Tyree Sykes
- Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance
- 73-year-old Robert Williams
- Attempt to Distribute Drugs
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Distribute (3 counts)
- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
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