4 arrested after raid on Davie home

Published 11:04 am Thursday, May 25, 2017

Four people were arrested and two are on the run after a three-month investigation led to a raid on a 513 Duke Whitaker Road, Mocksville home last week.

The Davie County Sheriff’s Department executed the two search warrants May 16, finding trafficking amounts of several illegal drugs, multiple items believed to have been stolen and cash believed to have come from the sale of illegal items.

Arrested were:

• Steven Paul Potts, 27, of Lone Hickory Road, Yadkinville, charged with conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine;

• Caleb McCorkle, 18, of 513 Duke Whitaker Road, charged with felony maintaining a dwelling for controlled substances;

• Johnathon Gray “Buddy” White, 19, of 513 Duke Whitaker Road, charged with maintaining a dwelling for controlled substances; and

• Amy Hopkins, 30, of 513 Duke Whitaker Road, charged with felony maintaining a dwelling for controlled substances.

A 16-year-old female was arrested at the residence for possession of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia.

There is an outstanding warrant for Paul “Michael” “Snoopy” Potts, 43, of Duke Whitaker Road, for five counts of delivering/accepting blank or open titles, trafficking in heroin, felony maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, and conspiracy to sell methamphetamine. More charges are expected in relation to stolen property and narcotics violations.

There is an active warrant for Jeffrey Kent Potts31, of Duke Whitaker Road, for conspiracy to sell methamphetamine.

Davie Sheriff J.D. Hartman said the three-month investigation included officers from the SBI, Yadkin County Sheriff’s Departmen and Yadkinville Police Department.  Officers seized trafficking amounts of powdered heroin, black tar heroin, more than two pounds of marijuana, Fentanyl, methamphetamine, Alprazolam, amphetamine, clonazepam, hydrocodone, morphine, escitalopram, oxymorphone, suboxone, drug paraphernalia and several unidentified powdered substances believed to be crushed pharmaceutical narcotics.

Officers also seized more than 75 firearms, body armor, numerous pieces of lawn care equipment, tools, jewelry, money and coins believed to have been stolen or the proceeds from drug sales. Hartman said the Department of Motor Vehicles is helping sort through numerous motorcycles, vehicles and four wheelers to see if any of those had been stolen.