3 more dealers charged
Three new arrests have brought a list of alleged drug dealers rounded up so far in an ongoing narcotics investigation to 13, the authorities said.
Stanley Fulton, 56, 120 Hunt Street, Louisville, was arrested Saturday on five counts involving the sale of a controlled substance, Neshoba County Sheriff Eric Clark said.
Three counts are for methamphetamine and in the other two for what is believed to be ecstasy, Clark said. Louisville Police assisted in the arrest, Clark said.
Two other suspects were arrested late Monday just before midnight.
Roventay Peden, 38, 399 Clyde Avenue, and William Shannon Sciple, 46, 3775 Stratton Road, Union, were both arrested and charged with sale of a controlled substance.
Clark said that in both cases the substance is meth and that they were both caught selling it in felony amounts within 1,500 feet of a church.
“We still have people out there on our list to pick up,” Clark said. “We expect to have more arrests in the future.”
Fulton has the most charges of those arrested in the ongoing investigation conducted by the Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office, Philadelphia Police Department and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
The previous 10 individuals charged in relation to the ongoing investigation are Samuel J. Clemons, John Nathan Davis, Johnny Gipson, Austin Todd Jarriel, Billy Morris, Billy Ray Neese, Samuel Powell, James Robinson, Deangelo Warren and Samantha Woodruff.
All 10 were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 18, between 11:15 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.
Philadelphia Police Chief Eric Lyons said the arrests are part of an ongoing effort to take dangerous drugs and individuals off the streets.
“It is always good when we can get those types of individuals off of the streets,” Lyons said.
Most of the arrests have taken place within the city limits of Philadelphia. Lyons said that he appreciates the cooperative effort made by Clark’s office and MBN officers.
Clark said anyone with information that may lead to an arrest is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at (855) 485-8477.