VCSO Arrests 25 In West Volusia Drug Bust, Called "Operation Crack of Dawn"

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Volusia County, FL - The Volusia County Sheriff's Office (VCSO) arrested 25 drug dealers during their "Operation Crack of Dawn" drug bust.

After months of investigating tips and complaints, the VCSO was able to find over 30 people in the DeLand and West Volusia area who were suspected of crimes related to narcotics. The VCSO cooperated with the West Volusia Narcotics Task Force and Deltona Narcotics Enforcement Team to arrest 16 people on Tuesday and 9 people a few days prior.

“We will continue to come after these drug dealers who are peddling poison on our streets, destroying the lives of their customers and disrupting our quality of life in Volusia County,” said Volusia County Sheriff, Mike Chitwood. “They can run, and they can hide, but we will find them – we won’t stop looking.”

There are still warrants out for 12 additional people for selling drugs on the streets and the VCSO expects they will be arrested on similar charges.

Home searches were conducted on Tuesday which revealed drugs, cash, guns and ammunition. One of the guns found was a stolen .45 caliber Beretta found at the residence of Jamar Booker, 27. Another stolen gun, as well as several different types of drugs, was found Monday at the residence of 48-year-old Frank Taylor and 29-year-old Sanmeshia Johnson, both previously convicted felons.

One man, George Dukes, 36, was arrested during the operation earlier in May and then found again Tuesday with drugs in a black bag he was carrying before he ran from police.

All of the arrests from Tuesday's operation include:

Dijion Bailey, 22

3 counts of the sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Bobby Barber, 46

2 counts of the sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Jamar Booker, 27

Sale of Oxycodone within 1,000 feet of a specified area

George Dukes, 36

Possession of crack cocaine

Possession of Hydromorphone

Eileen Foley, 55

2 counts of the sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Terrence Gray, 32

Sale of a Schedule II substance within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Jose Hidalgo, 42

2 counts of the sale of cocaine

Resisting a law enforcement officer without violence

Jeffrey Koster, 57

Sale of a controlled substance

Keith Kratzer, 34

2 counts of the sale of heroin within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Sale of a controlled substance

Javier Perez Maldonado, 56

2 counts of the sale of cocaine

Tyson Ross, 27

2 counts of the sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Marco Selph, 33

Sale of a Schedule II substance within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Blaine Stafford, 36

Sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Sylvania Thompson, 43

Sale of heroin within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Tommie Toliver, 32

3 counts of the sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Lawrence Wesley, 49

Sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

The individuals arrested during the investigation prior to Tuesday are:

Cordero Clark, 23

Sale of a Schedule II substance within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Tiberius Dixon, 32

2 counts of the possession of cannabis with intent to distribute

Possession/use of drug paraphernalia

Dewyatt Fossett, 26

2 counts of the sale of a Schedule II substance within 1,000 feet of a specified area

Possession of fewer than 20 grams of marijuana

Brenda Harvey, 52

Possession of cocaine

Possession of a weapon by a convicted felon

Carrying a concealed weapon

Possession of drug paraphernalia

Sanmeshia Johnson, 29

Possession of a weapon by a convicted felon

Chrishaud Mackey, 22

Sale of a Schedule II substance

Frank Taylor, 48

Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon

Possession of Suboxone

Possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana

Possession of methamphetamine

Possession of Oxycodone

Possession of Morphine

Possession of Hydromorphone

Possession of a Schedule II substance

Possession of drug paraphernalia

James Whites, 30

Possession of Hydromorphone

George Dukes, 36 (arrested again)

Sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a specified area

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