(Media release from the Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force):
The Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force confiscated weapons and illicit drugs over the weekend during two separate search warrant operations. Among others, the searches uncovered sizable amounts of fentanyl, cocaine and fentanyl mixed with other drugs.
The first was at 13 Russell Street, where investigators recovered two firearms, marijuana, 7 grams of methamphetamine and 43 rocks of crack cocaine that was packaged for resale.
Five people were arrested and charged with various drug offenses, plus one who was a convicted felon with guns.
The second search was at 306B Myrtle Street, where the drug task force found 1 kilogram of fentanyl-cocaine mixture, marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy pills, methamphetamine and individual fentanyl pills. Two people were arrested there for drug offenses and weapons offenses as convicted felons. Arrests include:
13 Russell Street
- Stanley McGhee: Possession of Cocaine, Possession of cocaine w/intent, Possession of meth, Possession of meth w/intent, drug related objects
- John McCombs: Possession of cocaine, Possession of cocaine w/intent, Possession of meth, possession of meth w/intent, drug related objects
- Cedric Jackson: Possession of cocaine, Possession of cocaine w/intent, Possession of meth, possession of meth w/intent, drug related objects, possession of a firearm by convicted felon, possession of a firearm during commission of felony, theft by receiving stolen property
- Diane Carmichael: Possession of cocaine, Possession of cocaine w/intent, Possession of meth, possession of meth w/intent, drug related objects
- Joe Ford: Possession of cocaine, Possession of cocaine w/intent, Possession of meth, possession of meth w/intent, drug related objects
306 B Myrtle Street
- Nicolas Jamar Whatley: obstruction, Possession of Cocaine, possession of cocaine w/intent, Possession of fentanyl, possession of fentanyl w/intent, , possession of more than 1 oz marijuana, possession of marijuana w/intent, Possession of firearm by convicted felon, possession of firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of drug related items
- Antione Deante Knott: Possession of meth, possession of meth with intent, possession of fentanyl, possession of fentanyl w/intent, possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine w/intent, Possession of firearm by convicted felon, possession of firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of Sch. V (promethazine), possession of drug related items