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The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said Monday the amount of fentanyl seized during the operation is equivalent to 162,840 potential deadly doses.
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Twenty-three people were arrested and 326 grams of fentanyl was seized during a drug operation conducted by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, the agency announced Monday.
The amount of fentanyl seized, according to SJSO, is equivalent to 162,840 potential deadly doses.
The sheriff’s office said the undercover operation, given the name ‘Operation Poison Control,’ identified large scale drug suppliers, broke up the “drug distribution network” in St. Johns County and was done over a year and a half period.
The following people were arrested during the operation, according to SJSO:
- Bradley Langley: Conspiracy to traffic fentanyl four to 14 grams
- Christina Taylor: Sale of fentanyl, sale of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a school
- David Pope: Trafficking in fentanyl 4-14 grams (two counts)
- Christy Hall: Sale of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a church
- Christopher Miles: Sale of fentanyl (two counts), sale of methamphetamine
- Matthew Pasquale: Possession of fentanyl (trafficking amount located)
- Lisa Wilson: Sale of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a school
- Septimus Connor: Trafficking in fentanyl 4-14 grams
- Lavale McLeod: Sale of fentanyl (two counts)
- Katena Tuthill: Sale of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a church
- James Hamlin II: Sale of fentanyl
- Lawrence Milligan: Sale of fentanyl
- Matthew Tanner: Trafficking in fentanyl over 28 grams, possession of a place for trafficking a controlled substance
- Melissa Greene: Sale of fentanyl
- Corey Williams: Sale of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a church, sale of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a church
- Vanessa Robideaux: Sale of fentanyl (two counts), possession of fentanyl (trafficking amount located)
- Ashley McCormick: Sale of fentanyl (two counts)
- Harley Waardenburg: Sale of fentanyl
- Michael Mullins: Trafficking in fentanyl four to 14 grams, possession of a place for trafficking in a controlled substance
- Lavoy Bennett: Trafficking in fentanyl 14 to 28 grams, trafficking in fentanyl 4-14 grams
- Sumer Sleap: Trafficking in fentanyl, possession of a place for trafficking in a controlled substance
- Wendell Cox: Trafficking in fentanyl 14-28 grams (two counts), trafficking fentanyl 4-14 grams (two counts), possession of a place for trafficking a controlled substance, manslaughter
- Kimberly Curcio: Sale of fentanyl
“#TeamSJSO will hold anyone trafficking drugs in St. Johns County responsible and is dedicated to protecting the community from the devastating effects of the opioid crisis,” SJSO said in a Facebook post.
