Crime & Public Safety

Police: Father, mother, son sold drugs from Forsyth home

A drug raid by the Johns Creek-Alpharetta-Forsyth Drug Task Force resulted in the arrest of a family in Suwanee. Two have no bond.
A drug raid by the Johns Creek-Alpharetta-Forsyth Drug Task Force resulted in the arrest of a family in Suwanee. Two have no bond.
By Raisa Habersham and Mitchell Northam
Jan 25, 2018

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the family's home was in Gwinnett County.


Police arrested an 18-year-old high school student and his parents in a drug raid at their Suwanee home Tuesday.

John Christopher Coleman, 52; Holly Jean Coleman, 50; and John Cooper Coleman, 18, were arrested and transported to a Forsyth County jail on Tuesday. The parents were not given a bond.

John Cooper Coleman is a student at Lambert High School and was granted a bond of $51,115, Forsyth County Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Rainwater said.


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Officers with the Johns Creek-Alpharetta-Forsyth Drug Task Force raided the Suwanee home on the 4800 block of Dartmoor Lane at 4:30 p.m.

While searching the Suwanee home, police said they found undisclosed amounts of marijuana, cocaine, THC wax, MDMA, THC E-Liquid cartridges, Schedule I narcotics, drug-related objects and $4,872 in cash. K-9 officers were on scene to locate the drugs.
The family members are facing various charges, including possession with intent to sell more than an ounce of marijuana, cocaine and Schedule I narcotics. Those are all felony charges in Georgia.
According to an incident report, the drug investigation into the family began on Dec. 5, 2017.

According to property records, the family lived in a 4-bedroom, 4,300 square-foot home just at the edge of a cul-de-sac in the Aberdeen Community in Suwanee. The community features a pool and homes selling at prices between $316,000 and $420,000.
The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office could not release any other details about the case because the investigation is still ongoing.


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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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