Friday, April 12, 2013
Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force agents for three months had been investigating the Golden Eight Ball, where they served a search warrant Thursday and arrested four people.
Local authorities Thursday raided a Cartersville gambling business they say was a front for the distribution of illegal drugs. As a result, Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force agents, members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Safe Streets Task Force, along with Gordon County Sheriff’s Office deputies and parole officers from the State Board of Pardons and Parole arrested four individuals on various drug charges. DTF Commander Capt. Mark Mayton said agents started investigating allegations of illegal activity at the Golden Eight Ball, 5698 Highway 20 in Cartersville, about three months ago. Agents believed the gambling business was a front for an illegal drug distribution operation, according to the press release. Edward Sylvian …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force agents served a search warrant at C&A Tire on North Tennessee Street in Cartersville, arresting six people and seizing allegedly illegal prescription drugs.
Narcotics agents say a Cartersville auto shop has been pulling double duty allegedly selling prescription medications from its North Tennessee Street location. Agents last night served a search warrant at C&A Tire, seized pills and a firearm, and arrested six people, said Capt. Mark Mayton, commander of the Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force. Mayton said a month-long investigation led authorities to suspect Schedule II narcotics, including oxycodone and Soma, were being sold from the shop as it also conducted legitimate business activities. Six people were arrested as a result of the warrant, including an illegal immigrant and the owners, Heather Louise Brock, 34, and Mark Alexander Brock, 34, both of Old Grassdale Road in Cartersville. …
Saturday, January 5, 2013
A Craigslist ad for a handgun led to the discovery of two allegedly stolen guns, including an AR-15, suspected methamphetamine and cash, Bartow County authorities say.
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Saturday, January 5
A Craigslist ad led to a sting operation that resulted in the arrest of four locals on various drug and weapons charges. Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations agents and Cartersville Police Department officers Friday served the search warrant at 112 N. Erwin St. in Cartersville, DTF Commander Mark Mayton said in a press release. This is what happened, according to authorities: Earlier, an individual had purchased a handgun from another person in Cartersville after responding to an ad on Craigslist. The purchaser contacted local law enforcement to run a check and the gun had been stolen in Bartow. Since the seller also said he had a "fully automatic" Panther arms AR-15 for sale, authorities conducted the …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force agents used K-9's to arrest five people Thursday on various drug and weapons charges.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Local cops and narcotics agents arrested five people Thursday, including four they say were in the middle of a drug deal during the Cartersville Christmas parade. Sheriff Clark Millsap said in a release that Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputies conducting a safety check at Groovers Landing and Tanyard Creek in Acworth, first arrested William Clay Hicks, who allegedly was in possession of about an ounce of methamphetamine, marijuana, packaging materials, a large sum of money believed to be proceeds of drug sales and a rifle. He was arrested and taken to jail. Hicks, 44, of Rome, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the …
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