'Operation Grinch' nets 14 local arrests

By From staff reports
Published: December 17, 2008

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The Barbour County Sheriff’s Department recently arrested 14 individuals on drug charges.

All 14 of the individuals are from Barbour and Quitman counties, according to a press release from the department.

The following individuals have been arrested in the last week:

* Jesse William Watson, 22, from Eufaula – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance

* Debra Denise Steele, 45, from Clayton – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia

* Jennifer Marie Brown, 34, from Eufaula – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance

* William Trey Price, 28, from Eufaula – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance

* Carl Wilson Gamble, 58, from Clayton – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (He is currently being sought by deputies)

* Ryan Michael Busboom, 28, from Eufaula charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance

* Thomas Dennard Hicks, 27, from Eufaula – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance

* Holly Marie Fischer, 34, from Eufaula – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance

* Janet Michelle Kelley, 32, of Georgetown, Ga. – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (3 counts).

* Christina E. Stafford, 31, of Eufaula – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Stafford is also wanted on drug-related charges in Florida.

* Hunter T. Whitman, 24, of Georgetown – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

* Raphael Smith, 22, of Clio – charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance

* Lamar Respress, 28, of Eufaula – charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana

* Kennard Peterson, 25, of Eufaula - warrant obtained for unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. (He is currently being sought by deputies.)

More information on this story will appear in an upcoming edition of The Tribune.