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Street-level anti-drug operation nets 17 arrests

Another 15 people are being sought by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
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LARGO, Fla. — Deputies rounded up 17 drug suspects after a four-month-long narcotics street-level operation in Largo, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

Fifteen more suspects are still wanted.

The operation, which began in April and ended in July, was centered in and around the Ridgecrest area.

On Wednesday, detectives from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division and deputies from the Community Policing Unit arrested:

  • Eddie Lee Floyd, 62
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Hydromorphone & Possession of Hydromorphone
  • Darryl Bell, 48
    Charges: Three counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Eric Green, 32
    Charges: Two counts of Sale andPossession of Crack Cocaine, Possession of Crack Cocaine, Possession of MDMA, Possession of Marijuana and Tampering with Physical Evidence
  • Naki Harris, 44
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Leon Jackson Jr., 31
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Johnny Henry, 63
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine, Possession of Crack Cocaine, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Jonathan Pittman, 50
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Ervin Rayner, 52
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Donzel Redding, 28
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine and two counts of Possession of Controlled Substance within 1,000 feet of a place of worship.
  • Joseph Hall, 47
    Charges: Two counts of  Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Leroy McDuffy Jr., 61
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Shaquille Taylor, 27
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Acetylfentanyl and Sale and Possession of Cocaine
  • Patrick Helms, 43
    Charges: Two counts of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Antwan Anderson, 39
    Charges: One count of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Derik Holte, 31
    Charges: One count of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Jerry King, 34
    Charges: One count of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine
  • Alfred Morris, 33
    Charges: One count of Sale and Possession of Crack Cocaine

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