MEDIA RELEASE
Date: May 3, 2012
Time: 10:30 PM
For two-and-a-half years, Chief Steven Dixon and his small-town Inglis Police Department have been plagued by the blatant criminal activity they knew was happening in an isolated mobile home on Cypress Lane by a canal in the Levy County riverside town.
Month after month, Dixon's police officers and Levy County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force agents conducted surveillance, gathered intelligence, spoke with confidential sources, sought out physical evidence and steadily built their case against these thugs.
They suspected that an unknown quantity of stolen property was being traded at the trailer for pills and methamphetamine. As the Inglis Police Department got closer to shutting down what they knew to be a hub of meth cooking, dealing in stolen property and illegal sale of prescription pills and other drugs, they realized they needed more resources to make it all work.
Partnering with the Levy County and Citrus County Sheriff's Offices, a search warrant was served at noon today at 21 Cypress Lane where nine suspects were located. Detectives, deputies and police carefully examined the scene, while crime scene technicians systematically processed the packed premises.
The Levy and Citrus Sheriff's Offices also share a keen stake in the Cypress Lane address. Citrus detectives have identified and arrested many of the more than 90 individuals from their own county known to have ties to the clandestine Inglis location.
During the daytime drug raid, authorities arrested 12 people, plus confiscated methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia to include scales, filters, spoons, needles, etc.
As a result of the investigation into the Levy County drug house, Citrus County deputies developed leads that a residence in Crystal River also may have stolen property. They responded to the residence on N. Pennsylvania Avenue and recovered a stolen Honda generator, boat motor and surround-sound system.
The Levy County operation was deemed a success, with a total of 12 people arrested at kingpin Marian Walker's residence. Major Evan Sullivan, Sheriff Jeff Dawsy and Chief Steve Dixon all agreed they are very proud of the men and women involved in this major investigation and that the operation was executed flawlessly. The citizens of Inglis, Levy and Citrus counties should certainly feel safer knowing that true bad guys are off the streets.
The following persons were arrested today at 21 Cypress Lane in Inglis, Florida:
Marian Cockerham Walker, W/F, 06/12/1956
21 Cypress Lane
Inglis, FL
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Maintaining a drug dwelling
Terry Lee Arnold, W/M, 06/13/1973
50 Palm Drive
Inglis, FL
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine
Trafficking in methamphetamine
Manufacturing methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Maintaining a drug dwelling
Unlawful possession of chemicals
Five (5) charges of Resisting arrest with violence
Vickie Ann Walker, W/F, 08/21/1970
50 Palm Drive
Inglis, FL
Charges: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Brandy Safawna Smith, W/F, 06/10/1975
588 Hwy. 40 West
Inglis, FL
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Possession of a controlled substance
Sandra Kay Hall, W/F, 04/19/1963
2458 South Pine Ridge Avenue
Homosassa, FL
Charges: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Melissa M. Ford, W/F, 10/10/1977
588 Hwy. 40 West
Inglis, FL
Charges: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Vincent L. Baker, W/M, 05/22/1971
10021 West Dublin Street
Crystal River, FL
Charges: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Trafficking in methamphetamine
Tampering with evidence
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Kirk W. Cooper, Jr., W/M, 02/11/1977
29 Lewis Street
Inglis, Fl
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine
Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
James R. Whigham, W/M, 11/27/1972
12131 S.E. 124th Avenue
Inglis, FL
Charges: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Karen R. Whigham, W/F, 09/05/1972
11691 S.E. 35th Street
Morriston, FL
Charges: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
Bradford J. McEnteggart, W/M, 10/28/1958
8460 55th North
Pinellas Park, FL
Erica Sue Allen, W/F, 01/21/1978
100 North Hawthorne Drive
Inglis, Fl.
Charges: Trafficking in Methamphetamine
Manufacturing Methamphetamine
Unlawful possession of listed chemicals
The following people also have been arrested previously and have ties to the drug house at 21 Cypress Lane in Inglis:
Marian Walker - 06/12/1956 – Arrested by Inglis PD and Citrus County Sheriff's Office for possession of drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine.
Lee "Snake" Arnold - 06/13/1973 - Arrested for trafficking in methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine and habitual driving while license suspended.
Vince Baker - 05/22/1971 - Arrested for possession of methamphetamine and manufacturing of methamphetamine.
Samuel Garrett - 03/17/1984 - Arrested for trafficking in methamphetamine and manufacturing methamphetamine.
Donald Knowlton, Jr. - 07/12/1977 - Arrested for trafficking in stolen property.
Eric Elson - 05/27/1972 - Arrested for possession of a controlled substance, grand theft and driving while license suspended.
Kirk Cooper, Jr. - 02/11/1977 - Arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia
Jerry McKay - 01/11/1982 - Arrested for possession and manufacturing of methamphetamine.
Michelle McKay - 09/23/1986 – Arrested on a warrant.
Derick Short - 06/02/1969 - Arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, fleeing & attempting to elude a police officer, resisting arrest without violence and driving while license suspended or revoked.
Helen Mae "Mae-Mae" Hall - 08/15/1987 - Arrested for controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Linsey Cowles - 07/16/1981 - Arrested on a warrant for violation of probation grand theft.
Tammy Spears - 06/17/1986 – Arrested on a warrant for violation of probation grand theft and possession of unlawful chemicals.
Wayne Drake - 06/22/1966 – Arrested for aggravated battery and grand theft.
Jenna Foster - 11/04/1988 – Arrested for possession and manufacturing of methamphetamine and unlawful use of chemicals.
Hollie Montague - 08/04/1983 – Arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jannette Aleksandrovic-12/14/1975- Arrested for trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of unlawful chemicals and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Troy Michael Gervais - 07/01/1971- Arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, DUI and felony violation of probation.
Barbara Brewster- 09/21/1963 – Arrested for petit theft.
Jamie Jacobson - 04/02/1982 – Arrested for grand theft and trafficking in stolen property.
Gary Stine-11/19/1976- Arrested for sell/manufacture/deliver a controlled substance, resisting without violence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jennifer Douglas-08/24/1985 – Arrested for possession/trafficking with intent to distribute methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Stephanie Wilder - 06/16/1975 – Arrested for driving while license suspended or revoked (habitual).
Michele Adams - 04/18/1973 – Arrested for petit theft.
Christopher Martinez - 05/18/1992 – Arrested for petit theft and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Heather Waybright - 12/28/1983 – Arrested for driving while license suspended or revoked.
William Roddenberry - 02/13/1967 – Arrested for driving while license suspended or revoked (habitual) and aggravated fleeing & attempting to elude a police officer.
Christopher Wood - 05/28/1981- Arrested for possession/trafficking with intent to distribute methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Rex Townsend - 05/06/1956 – Arrested on environmental charges/untreated human waste.
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Major Evan Sullivan
Levy County Sheriff's Office
FBI-National Academy 183rd Session
Office: 352-486-5446
Cell: 352-577-4218