The Long County Sheriff’s Office joined several other area law-enforcement agencies Sept. 4 to make a sweep in the western part of Long County and in Tattnall County, arresting 18 individuals charged with various drug felonies.  

Those who had been arrested by Tuesday, including their charges, were:

• Ronnie Tootle Jr., sale of a Schedule I or II substance, sale of methamphetamine, and using a communication facility for the commission of a felony.

• Gerald Alex Morey, three counts of selling methamphetamines and three counts of using a communication center for the commission of a felony.

• Ernest Jeffery Wilcox, two counts of manufacturing, delivering and selling an illegal drug, and two counts of using a communication center for the commission of a felony.

• Alonzo Perez Wilcox, two counts of manufacturing, delivering and selling an illegal drug.

• Randall Thomas Fincher, selling a schedule II controlled substance.

• Eric Latwan Crump, two counts of selling cocaine, two counts of using a communication center for the commission of a felony, and violating his parole.

• Norman James Tootle, selling cocaine.

• Robin Sue Mayers, selling a Schedule II controlled substance.

• Tyrez Ceon Williams, two counts of selling cocaine, and two counts of using a communication center for the commission of a felony.

• Charlie Demetris Cook, two counts of selling a Schedule II controlled substance, and two counts of using a communication center for the commission of a felony.

• Keith Jermaine Murphy, two counts of selling cocaine, and two counts of using a communication center for the commission of a felony.

• Randy Foster, manufacturing, delivering and selling an illegal drug, and two counts of using a communication center for the commission of a crime.

• Alisa Arthur, manufacturing, delivering and selling an illegal drug.

• James Edward Anderson, selling a Schedule II controlled substance, and using a communication center for the commission of a felony.

• Precillia Ann Ford, selling a Schedule II controlled substance.

• James Ashely Pearson, selling a Schedule II controlled substance, and a child-support violation.

• Darren Johnson, two counts of manufacturing, delivering and selling an illegal drug, and two counts of using a communication center for the commission of a felony.

• Roosevelt Tootle, two counts of illegally possessing a controlled substance.

Long County Sheriff Craig Nobles said other agencies involved with the sweep were the Tattnall County Sheriff’s Office and the Glennville and Reidsville police departments.    

Nobles said that multijurisdictional projects like this are effective because criminals often jump from county to county to dodge law enforcement.

“We are trying to reduce the problem of illegal drug use in Tattnall and Long. When we work with other agencies, it is very effective because we are able to pool our resources together, put together all of our information and then bring down these criminals,” Nobles said.