Authorities arrested 19 people and obtained arrest warrants for seven more in connection with methamphetamine, cocaine, opioids and narcotics trafficking in Spalding County.
Deputies executed seven search warrants at Griffin addresses in the past week, the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The suspects arrested face multiple felonies, ranging from trafficking meth, cocaine, opioids, Xanax and marijuana to obstruction, child cruelty and probation violation.
The suspects arrested include:
• Stormy Allen, 43, of Griffin
• Shelby Barge, 32, of Hampton
• Andrew Beckham, 59, of Griffin
• Ashley Blankenship, 36, of Griffin
• Marcus Bonner, 33, of Griffin
• Tracy Bozeman, 52, of Griffin
• Jack Campbell, 24, of Griffin
• Roxanne Chambers, 40, of Griffin
• Otis Evans, 43, of Griffin
• Alisha Ferris, 40, of Griffin
• Miranda Fonfield, 52, of Griffin
• Hunter Jones, 20, of Jackson
• Carlton Lewis, 39, of McDonough
• Brittney Miller, 26, of Griffin
• Joshua Miller, 20, of Griffin
• Joseph Moore, 72, of Griffin
• Amanda Rivers, 30, of Griffin
• Mary Sneed, 19, of Griffin
• Hannah Smith, 20, of Griffin.
Everyone arrested was booked into the Spalding County jail, the release said. Some of the people arrested are allegedly connected to the Ghost Face Gangsters, which is a white supremacist prison gang.
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Seven suspects are still wanted. Here are their names and the charges they will face:
• Angela Beckom, 52, of Griffin, is wanted on charges of possession of meth, possession of meth with the intent to distribute and sale of meth.
• Christopher Brown, 28, of Griffin, is wanted on charges of possession of meth and possession of drug related objects.
• Nicholas Hill, 33, of Griffin, is wanted on charges of possession of meth, possession of meth with the intent to distribute and sale of meth.
• Benquavious Paige, 25, of Griffin, is wanted on charges of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of drug related objects.
• Ashley Reece, 30, of Milner, is wanted on charges of illegal use of a communication facility and being the party to the crime selling meth.
• Taylor Whitney, 25, of Griffin, is wanted on charges of possession of meth and possession of drug related objects.
• Crystal Wynn, 35, of Griffin, is wanted on charges of possession of meth and possession of drug related objects.
Credit: Spalding County Sheriff's Office
Credit: Spalding County Sheriff's Office
Anyone with information on the outstanding suspects is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 770-467-4282.
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