| February
5, 2002 |
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| BCNTF
Makes Arrests in Two Cases |
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| The Burke County Narcotics Task Force and
officers with the Burke County Sheriff's Office report the arrest of three
individuals in two cases. |
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| Ronald Raeford
Gantt (right), 44; and Debra Ann Clark (far right), 44, of 3274 North Maple Lane, Icard were
both charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana on
Monday. |
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| The Task Force received information that illegal
drugs were being sold from Gantt and Clark's residence. A search of the home
was conducted and investigators located marijuana, tylox pills, morphine pills
and a large amount of drug paraphernalia. Also seized were was an undisclosed
amount of currency and electronic surveillance equipment. |
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| Gantt and Clark were arrested last summer during
the Task Force's "One-A-Day for 60 Days" drug dealer roundup. They will have a
first court appearance Wednesday after being jailed under a $50,000 secured
bond. |
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On Tuesday,
officers arrested Michael Greylen Robinson (right), 46, of 835 South Center Street in Hickory after
a traffic stop by Deputy Tracy Icard of the Sheriff's Traffic Interdiction
Team.
Icard stopped Robinson's 1986 Nissan on Interstate 40 near
Icard |
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| for traffic violations and learned Robinson's
license was revoked. A search was conducted on Robinson and his car, and
investigators reportedly located twenty rocks of crack cocaine hidden inside
his clothing. A sum of currency was also seized. |
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| Robinson was charged with felonious possession
of crack cocaine; maintaining a vehicle to keep controlled substances;
possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine; and driving while license
revoked. He was jailed under a $25,000 bond and has a first court appearance on
Wednesday. |
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