NORTH CAROLINA (WBTW) – Federal and Local investigators charged 18 people in a day long initiative aimed at fighting the rise of heroin along the coast a press release from Public Affairs Specialist Shelley Lynch of the FBI said Thursday.
The Coastal Carolina Criminal Enterprise Task Force is made up of officers from the FBI’s Wilmington Resident Agency, the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Lynch said.
The suspects face a variety of heroin or drug-related offenses. According to the release, five suspects are currently fugitives, two are already in jail, and 11 additional suspects were arrested without incident.
- Ian Chandler Bellamy-Brown, 21, of Longwood (currently a fugitive)
- William Lamont Edward Daniels, 34, of Longwood (currently a fugitive)
- Stevie Dewayne Riggins, 31, of Green Sea, SC (currently a fugitive)
- Antonia Montuz Smith, 38, of Longwood (currently a fugitive)
- Delonne Christopher Watts, 27, of Longwood (currently a fugitive)
- Troy Ahkeem Wilson, 37, of Winnabow (federal prisoner)
- Bradley Christopher Griffin, Jr. 31, of Longwood (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Daphne Claudette Stanley, 42, of Longwood (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Patrick Lee Taylor, 34, of Longwood (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Michael Jarell Stanley, 28, of Longwood (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Jody Overby, 38, of Supply (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Sharmaine Ranotta Brown, 29, of Ash (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Jodi Riley, 40, of Ash (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Hester Griffin, 56, of Longwood (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Xavier Antialio Williams, 27, of Calabash (Brunswick Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Clifton Jenkins, 28, of Wallace (Duplin Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Zachary Herring, 50, of Leland (New Hanover Co. Detention Ctr.)
- Israel McCloud-Williamson, 21, of Wilmington (New Hanover Co. Detention Ctr.)
“These arrests are an outstanding example of what local and federal law enforcement can accomplish when we work together to target the individuals who threaten the safety and stability of our neighborhood streets,” the press release said.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office, the Jacksonville Police Department, the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office, the Wilmington Police Department, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service assisted in the arrest operation Wednesday.
Anyone with information on the location of the fugitives is asked to contact the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office at 910-253-2777 or call 911.
