CARETTA — A strike force made up of deputies of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Department, the Southern Regional Drug & Violent Crime Task Force and officers of the Appalachian HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) executed a search warrant on a McDowell County residence and recovered illegal drugs, cash and made three arrests.
“We started at about 1:30 a.m. Friday morning,” Chief Field Deputy Mark Shelton of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Department said. “We had investigated the group and their operations for a while, obtained a search warrant for a residence at No. 5 Hollow in Caretta, and executed the warrant.
“We found a large quantity of oxyContin, about 700 pills,” Shelton said. “We also recovered $5,500 in cash and made three arrests including two people from Miami, Fla. Through the investigation, we believe that the people from Miami set up shop at the Caretta residence.”
Police arrested Eddie Kennedy, 38, of Caretta, Jeremias Johnson, 33, and Katricia Cravatt, 20, both of Miami and charged each suspect with conspiracy and possession of illegal drugs with the intent to deliver.
All three suspects appeared before McDowell County Magistrate Steve Cox who set bond for each at $100,000 per person. The three were being held in McDowell County Friday morning, awaiting transport to Southwest Regional Jail, according to Shelton.
— Contact Bill Archer at barcher@bdtonline.com
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