Federal agents and local law enforcement arrested 13 people Tuesday morning on cocaine and related charges. Nine of the suspects are from the Metter area; four are from Atlanta.
The arrests are the "culmination of a year-long investigation," said FBI spokesman Edward W. Reinhold.
The investigation and subsequent arrests were a team effort between several law enforcement agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Tri-Circuit Drug Task Force, Bulloch County Drug Suppression Team, Candler County Sheriff's Office, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, and the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Georgia, he said.
The following were arrested on charges of trafficking in cocaine and are being held under custody of the United States Marshal Service at the Bulloch County Jail: Stephanie Monique Collins, 35, South Roundtree Street, Metter; Michael Marcellus Pinkston, 34, Barbara Street, Metter; Homer Lewis Holloway, 42, South Roundtree Street, Metter; Julia Elizabeth Pinkston, 54, Barbara Street, Metter; Kimberly Pinkston, 25, Barbara Street, Metter; Barbara Ann Collins, 47, Barbara Street, Metter; Brandon Cordre Collins, 18, South Roundtree Street, Metter; Shanice Nicole Collins, 18, Boston Street, Metter; and Krystal Gale Collins, 47, Boston Street, Metter.
Also arrested on cocaine trafficking charges are Atlanta residents Harry Alvin, Mistrell Alvin, Linward Sabb and Jessica Roberts; ages and physical addresses unavailable.
Drug agents arrested the suspects around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on federal warrants issued as a result of a federal indictment returned in the Southern District of Georgia, Reinhold said.
He said the 11-count indictment charges each suspect with the following specific charges: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack), and five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride (powder) ; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack) and possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride (powder); and aiding and abetting.
The suspects will have an initial appearance before the United States Magistrate Judge in Savannah or Atlanta, he said.
The Georgia State Patrol and Metter Police Department also assisted in the arrests, he said.
The arrests are the "culmination of a year-long investigation," said FBI spokesman Edward W. Reinhold.
The investigation and subsequent arrests were a team effort between several law enforcement agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Tri-Circuit Drug Task Force, Bulloch County Drug Suppression Team, Candler County Sheriff's Office, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, and the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Georgia, he said.
The following were arrested on charges of trafficking in cocaine and are being held under custody of the United States Marshal Service at the Bulloch County Jail: Stephanie Monique Collins, 35, South Roundtree Street, Metter; Michael Marcellus Pinkston, 34, Barbara Street, Metter; Homer Lewis Holloway, 42, South Roundtree Street, Metter; Julia Elizabeth Pinkston, 54, Barbara Street, Metter; Kimberly Pinkston, 25, Barbara Street, Metter; Barbara Ann Collins, 47, Barbara Street, Metter; Brandon Cordre Collins, 18, South Roundtree Street, Metter; Shanice Nicole Collins, 18, Boston Street, Metter; and Krystal Gale Collins, 47, Boston Street, Metter.
Also arrested on cocaine trafficking charges are Atlanta residents Harry Alvin, Mistrell Alvin, Linward Sabb and Jessica Roberts; ages and physical addresses unavailable.
Drug agents arrested the suspects around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on federal warrants issued as a result of a federal indictment returned in the Southern District of Georgia, Reinhold said.
He said the 11-count indictment charges each suspect with the following specific charges: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack), and five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride (powder) ; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack) and possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride (powder); and aiding and abetting.
The suspects will have an initial appearance before the United States Magistrate Judge in Savannah or Atlanta, he said.
The Georgia State Patrol and Metter Police Department also assisted in the arrests, he said.