Eleven Face Drug Charges
Published 12:00 am Monday, January 3, 2011
A nine-month long undercover drug operation involving the distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana in Davie County resulted in the arrest of 11 suspects throughout Mocksville and Cooleemee last week.
Beginning in March, Davie Sheriff’s Department narcotics detectives began purchasing crack cocaine from the suspects.
On Dec. 21 the sheriff’s office, with assistance from Mocksville and Cooleemee police department, began serving arrest and search warrants for the suspects and their residences. The search warrants led to the seizure of approximately 30 grams of crack cocaine, marijuana and firearms.
• Felton Mayfield Jr., 27, of Cockerham Lane, Mocksville was charged with conspiring to traffic in cocaine, three counts of maintaining a dwelling for sale of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture sell or deliver cocaine, and three counts of possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance. Mayfield was held under a $200,000 secured bond.
• Shawn Grant, 35, of Cockerham Lane, Mocksville was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance …