26 arrested, 3 sought in Butts County crack cocaine bust

A 3-month-long investigation led to 26 arrests in addition to crack cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and firearms being seized in Butts County, authorities said.

On Wednesday morning, officers and deputies with several agencies executed six search warrants in Jackson and Butts County, leading to the arrests, the Butts County Sheriff’s Office told AJC.com. The alleged drug ring supplied about 95% of all cocaine distributed in the county.

In total, two ounces of crack cocaine, two grams of meth, half a pound of marijuana and three firearms were seized, the sheriff’s office said. Three other suspects remain on the run, but their names have not been released.

The charges the suspects face include sale of crack cocaine, trafficking cocaine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, probation violation and several different misdemeanors.

Here are the names of the suspects arrested during the operation:

• Christopher Dwayne Askins, of Jackson,

• Darian Deandre Berry, of Flovilla,

• Clifford Brooks, of Jackson,

• Steven Lenel Brooks, of Jackson,

• Christian Canzeri Brown, of Jackson,

• Steve Brown, of Jackson,

• Chelsea Brooke Chrisley, of Flovilla,

• Charles Jay Chrisley, of Flovilla,

• Leslie Michelle Cunningham, of Jackson,

• Michael Keith Dorough, of Flovilla,

• Bridgette Chalease Drewery, of Jackson,

• Frederick Darnell Drewery, of Jackson,

• Toffey Bernard Drewery, of Jackson,

• Steven Lawrence Elliott, of Auburn, Cal.,

• Donald Lee Harris, of Jackson,

• Dacia Rose Holcomb, of Griffin,

• Jack Randall Maddox, of Jackson,

• Jessica Elaine Miller, of Tifton,

• William Thomas Myles, of Jackson,

• Michael Samuel Petty, of Macon,

• William Karl Roscher, of Jackson,

• Shelley Lynn Sisk, of Flovilla,

• Antonio Marzuette Smith, of Jackson,

• Kim Audrey Stephens, of Flovilla,

• Jeffery Allen Stephens, of Jackson.

Toffey Drewery, Clifford Brooks, Bridgette Drewery and Darian Berry were the targets of the operation, the sheriff’s office said. The name and mugshot of one suspect who was arrested was not released. They were all booked into the Butts County Jail.

The investigation was conducted by the Butts County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The warrants were executed by the Butts County, Jasper County and Spalding County sheriff’s offices as well as the Georgia State Patrol and U.S. Marshal’s Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force.

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