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13 Arrested In Drug Sweep; 20 More Arrests Pending
September 6, 2014
After a four-month investigation, Pensacola Police arrested 13 people Friday on charges related to the sell of crack cocaine to undercover officers.
Warrants for selling cocaine also have been issued for an additional 20 people, said Sgt. Marvin Miller, who supervises the department’s Vice & Narcotics Unit. Miller said the investigation targeted areas notorious for narcotics sales.
All of the charges are third-degree felonies punishable by up to five years in prison. Additional prison time can be added for selling within 1,000 feet of a specified area such as convenience stores, schools, and places of worship or if the person is a repeat offender.
Arrested Friday and charged with sale of cocaine and conspiracy to sell cocaine were:
- Alfred Peasant, 34, of 1300 block of North Sixth Avenue, Pensacola
- Sharon Pickett, 49, of 100 block of North J Street, Pensacola
- David Jones, 24, of 3600 block of Swan Lane, Pensacola
- Demarko Weathers, 21, of 2000 block of West Chase Street, Pensacola
- Minnie Mae Sapp, 54, of 100 block of South N Street, Pensacola
- Terry Crenshaw, 28, of 1000 block of West Hillary Street, Pensacola
- Larry Dornall Knight, 52, of 3600 block of North Ninth Avenue, Pensacola
- Antoine Booker, 34, of 1100 block of West Hope Drive, Pensacola
Also charged Friday were:
- Donte A. Brazile, 36, of 3000 block of Torres Avenue, Pensacola. Charged with sale of cocaine.
- Dominique Blackwell, 19, of 600 block of North B Street, Pensacola. Charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a place of worship.
- Kernist Ferrell, 57, address unavailable; Robert Lee Watts, 23, address unavailable; and Michael Coleman, 33, of 600 block of North A Street, Pensacola. All three, who were already in jail, were charged with sale of cocaine.
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7 Responses to “13 Arrested In Drug Sweep; 20 More Arrests Pending”
@ Kathy…. I’m with you on this one… finally. But far too many get paid from the drug industry. A simple charge of possession of pot yields a $1000.00 fine. Ad to that a possible pipe or rolling papers, and you’ve added another $1000.00. There are also the salarys of jailers, lawyers, judges, bailiffs, probation/parole officers, police and deputies, court reporters, and court security officers as well. There are dozens of others who make money off arrested people like bondsmen, wrecker companys, and people who take care of the children of arrested or incarcerated people. Drug dealers don’t make all the money…. LOL I just can’t tolerate the idea that Cocaine, Heroin, and meth would be legal.
drug war= waste of time, money, and resources. It causes crime and a criminal underground. we could have built a thousand interstates, power plants, ect. with the trillions of dollars we have wasted fighting and the trillions that have went to drug lords. stay the course everyone. build more jails and hire more CO’s? I become sad when in 2014 adults are so foolish and keep dumping my tax dollars into this quagmire.
You kill weeds at the root. Chopping off the leaves is not effective.
@ Kathy
You are right… I’ve never met a drug dealer that said “man,I sure wish I could get out of this dope selling business and start making minimum wage someplace and have to work on a schedule.”
The judge will put them back on the street.
Those drug offenders need their own place instead of the
prison. They need help…but then again most of them don’t want a job because they make more money selling drugs.
In the meantime the Jail gets more and more overcrowded and more dangerous for the Officers.
Good job!!!! Get them off the streets!! Let’s take Pensacola back!