"How you doin', old man?" "You have law enforcement [officers] risking their lives to take these guns off the streets and then a very few members of law enforcement putting them right back out there.". Lauren Elaine Alley, of Martinsville - Charged with distributingheroin, distributing heroin and fentanyl, conspiracy to distribute heroin and conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, Christopher Shane Barker, of Axton - Charged with distributing heroin, Karen Moore Bouldin, of Bassett - Charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin, Donny Marshall Brown, of Bassett and Collinsville - Charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin, Michael Thomas Brown, of Bassett - Charged with two counts of distributing meth and two counts of endangering the life of a child, Jeremy Sherrod Burgess, of Martinsville - Charged with two counts of distributing cocaine,three counts of endangering the life of a child and distributing metronidazole, David Brandon Cannaday, of Martinsville - Charged with distributing heroin and morphine, distributing heroin and fentanyl, distributing heroin, distributing an imitation controlled substance and endangering the life of a child, Anthony Lee Coverdale, of Collinsville - Charged with distributing cocaine and distributing more than 10 grams of meth, Justin Lamar Foddrell, of Bassett - Charged with three counts of distributing cocaine, third offense, Jeremiah Daryl Gann, of Ridgeway - Charged with distributing meth, Vasharn Jamil Holland, of Martinsville - Charged with distributing less than 5 pounds but more than a half-ounce of marijuana, Douglas Eugene Martin, of Bassett - Charged with distributing hydrocodone and acetaminophen and conspiracy to distributehydrocodone and acetaminophen. Fredrick Kunkle is a reporter on the Metro desk. Marshals Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested 36 suspects. As a result of this drug operation, officials say a Henry County Grand Jury issued indictments for 184 felony charges against 72 adults on Monday, May 17. The indictments culminate a five-year Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into accusations of corruption. Officials said this is one of the more disturbing, systemic cases of police corruption they have ever seen. At the end of the day, you return to jail for the night. At the center of the scandal are Cassell and sheriff's Sgt. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Updated: February 22, 2023, 3250 Kings Mountain Rd, Martinsville, VA 24112. 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Anyone having information pertaining to the whereabouts of the individuals listed above is asked to contact the Henry County Sheriffs Office at 276-638-8751 or the Crime stoppers Program at 63-CRIME (632-7463). In transcripts filed by federal authorities, Vaught appeared to treat Cassell like family. Pharmaceutical pills, along with fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, were seized during the operation, according to the Henry County Sheriffs Office. pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/js/event-queue.js?_\x3db1774");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/js/pbCore.article.js?_\x3d8d21e");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/js/utils/pbStaticMethodsEssentials.js?_\x3d524e0");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/js/utils/pbStaticMethodsAsync.js?_\x3d3a26f");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/js/utils/mobile-detection.js?_\x3d8c659");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/js/utils/console/console.noop.js?_\x3d8d21e"); Will remove upon completion Today Henry County Sheriff Harold Cassell and 12 of his deputies were charged with dealing crack-cocaine, marijuana and ketamine, which is commonly called the "date rape drug.". Twenty-two suspects were arrested November 19, and additional drugs were seized. Michael S. Underwood, 47, of Bassett, Va. and Arthur L. Greer Jr., 49, of Anawalt were both indicted by the grand jury on charges of first-degree murder and felony conspiracy, according to the . They allegedly made up a corrupt organization that stole and distributed drugs, including crack cocaine, and obstructed justice. Jennifer R. Ashworth Phone/Fax Phone: (276) 634-4880 Fax: (276) 634-4898 Clerk's Office Hours 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Deed recording hours 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. service work with PayTel. ", Oliver said it upset her that southern Virginia is home to more misfortune, adding that Henry County is "too small for something like this to be happening here.". The arraignment has not been scheduled. Inaddition to the 44 indicted, police also arrestedAnthony Tyrone Menefee, 45, on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a felon. The alternative is to set up an account through their third-party phone company which charges steep fees for each minute used. The Henry County Commonwealths Attorneys Office, Virginia State Police, Martinsville Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration were also involved in the investigation. Cassell, a 68-year-old grandfather who planned to retire after his current term, is charged with looking the other way, covering up and lying to federal investigators. pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/css/html5reset.css?_\x3d7c726");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/assets/fonts/custom/latest/css/icons.css?_\x3d157f9");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/css/pbCore.css?_\x3d146b1");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/css/voltron-perf.css?_\x3db1390");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/css/refresh-perf.css?_\x3d33724");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/css/loadAsync.css?_\x3ddd2a8");pbExternalResourcesLoaded.push("/pb/resources/css/global-notification.css?_\x3d3deda"); Their 7-year-old son, Hunter, idolized his father, often carrying a tin of bubble gum in his hip pocket to imitate his father's snuff, another neighbor said. Instead, he vowed to crack down on illegal drugs. Cassell has been the sheriff of Henry County since 1992 . The 129 indictments on 59 people are as follows: 43-year-old Tonia Sue Barnes was indicted for receiving stolen property-third or subsequent offense on or about May 30, 2020, 28-year-old Matthew Alan Batty was indicted for breaking and entering a building with intent to commit larceny on or about August 26, 2020, 41-year-old Charles Andrew Bolling was indicted for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute on or about August 2, 2020, 24-year-old Jesse Ethan Bolt was indicted for possession of burglary tools, grand larceny on or about December 23, 2019, 45-year-old Michael Thomas Brown was indicted for possession of burglary tools, grand larceny on or about December 23, 2019, 52-year-old David Robert Cannaday was indicted for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute more than 10 grams, possess marijuana-second or subsequent offense, possession buprenorphine and naloxone with intent to distribute on or about May 1, 2020, felony failure to appear on or about November 5, 2020, 49-year-old Ronald Wayne Clifton was indicted for grand larceny on or about May 19, 2020, 36-year-old Jennifer Lynn Coleman was indicted for possession of methamphetamine on or about September 17, 2020, 57-year-old Michael Eugene Cook was indicted for threatening to bomb, burn, damage, or destroy a structure or vehicle on or about January 15, 2020, 31-year-old Brian Keith Dawson was indicted for malicious wounding on or about March 20, 2020, 50-year-old Jerri Jean DeHart was indicted for shoplifting-third or subsequent offense on or about September 28, 2019, felonious violation of the habitual offender act-second or subsequent offense on or about March 11, 2020, 28-year-old Desiray Denise Diggs was indicted for hit and run-attended property with damage greater than $1,000, reckless driving, endangering the life of a child on or about July 14, 2020, 37-year-old Sheilia Gay Dillon was indicted for possession of burglary tools, grand larceny on or about December 23, 2019, 25-year-old Sandrea Kay Dishman was indicted for grand larceny, possession of burglary tools on or about December 23, 2019, 29-year-old Christopher Lee Eames was indicted for threatening to bomb, burn destroy, or damage a structure, destruction of property greater than $1,000 on or about June 28, 2020, 55-year-old Joey Edward Eanes was indicted for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of oxycodone, possession of hydromorphone, possession of buprenorphine and naloxone, eluding police-speed 20 mph or more over limit on or about September 16, 2020, 22-year-old Dakota Christoper Foley was indicted for larceny of check, forgery, utter a forged check, obtaining money by false pretense-$500 or more, identity fraud-$500 or more on or about April 28, 2020, credit-card theft, credit-card fraud less than $1,000, obtaining money by false pretense less than $1,000 on or about November 15, 2020, 30-year-old Damian Scott Fontaine was indicted for worthless check-third or subsequent offense on or about September 25, 2020, 40-year-old Bryan Dean Hill was indicted for grand larceny of a firearm on or about December 18, 2018, felony failure to appear on or about October 22, 2019, 40-year-old Sonya Marie Hodges was indicted for shoplifting-third or subsequent offense on or about August 14, 2020, 35-year-old Douglas Peter Hopkins was indicted for DUI-third or subsequent offense within 10 years with a blood-alcohol content greater than .20, operating a vehicle after license revoked for prior DUI conviction-endangerment on or about July 26, 2020, 20-year-old Justin Dean Hurley was indicted for unlawful wounding on or about July 28, 2020, 54-year-old Mark Keith Hylton was indicted for hit and run-personal injury, failure to drive on the right side of the highway, failure to wear seat belt on or about October 29, 2020, 33-year-old Brent Elliott Jervis was indicted for malicious wounding of family or household member on or about March 18, 2020, 25-year-old Raven Baylee Johanknecht was indicted for possession heroin on or about September 5, 2020, 19-year-old Noah Hunter Kennedy was indicted for three counts of object sexual penetration of a victim younger than 13 years old between August 14, 2018, and August 13, 2019, 40-year-old Bobby Eugene Leagans was indicted for grand larceny on or about September 29, 2020, 43-year-old Kenneth Ray Lockhart was indicted for possession of morphine on or about September 14, 2020, 53-year-old Wesley Thompson Martin was indicted for grand larceny on or about October 27, 2019, 16-year-old Jamil IKeem Mays was indicted for second-degree murder, robbery, two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, possession of a firearm by violent felon, use of a deadly weapon on or about June 2, 2020, 27-year-old Samantha Ann Mays was indicted for shoplifting-third or subsequent offense on or about February 8, 2020, 45-year-old Darol Eugene Meeks Jr. was indicted for possession of methamphetamine on or about October 30, 2020, 57-year-old Sanford Gregory Millner was indicted for aggravated malicious wounding of a family or household member, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by violent felon on or about August 22, 2020, 34-year-old Brandon Shane Mitchell was indicted for felony shoplifting-$1,000 or more, larceny with intent to sell or distribute-$1,000 or more, on or about August 17, August 18 and August 20, 2020, 30-year-old Joshua Andrew Moore was indicted for obtaining money by false pretense-third or subsequent offense on or about July 26, 2020, 21-year-old Michael Paul Murray was indicted for petit larceny-third or subsequent offense, shoplifting-third or subsequent offense, obtaining money by false pretense-third or subsequent offense on or about September 29, 2020, 55-year-old Donna Jean Nelson was indicted for two counts of grand larceny on or about September 29, 2020, 45-year-old Latasha Carter Palmer was indicted for use of firearm in the commission of a felony, destruction of property less than $1,000, assault, brandishing a firearm, breaking and entering a dwelling while armed with deadly weapon on or about June 19, 2020, Dontra Lamark Penn was indicted for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute greater than 1/2 ounce but less than 5 pounds, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school on or about November 28, 2018, 24-year-old Daquan Deon Perkins was indicted for grand larceny of a motor vehicle on or about September 2, 2020, 33-year-old Jennifer Lynn Pettit was indicted for possession of methamphetamine on or about July 16, 2020, 21-year-old Omega Doindre Porter was indicted for grand larceny of a firearm on or about April 8, 2020, 67-year-old Richard Lee Putman was indicted for two counts assault and battery of a law enforcement officer on or about July 29, 2020, 34-year-old Johny Allen Robert was indicted for two counts of abduction, strangulation, endangering the life of a child, attempted malicious wounding, attempted malicious wounding of a family or household member, destruction of property on or about September 14, 2020, 43-year-old Amy Jane Sherwood was indicted for hit and run-attended property with damage great than $1,000, driving without a driver's license on or about July 5, 2020, 53-year-old Mada Maeling Smith was indicted for giving a false statement to firearm dealer, attempt to purchase firearm while subject to a protective order on or about October 28, 2020, 27-year-old Lucas Aaron Stone was indicted for distributing tramadol, distributing fentanyl on or about August 11, 2020, distributing methamphetamine, distributing fentanyl on or about August 20, 2020, 35-year-old Jonathan Douglas Story was indicted for obtaining money by false pretense less than $1,000 on or about July 6, 2020, 56-year-old Jeral Max Sunderland Jr. was indicted for strangulation of family or household member on our about May 31, 2020, 36-year-old Joseph Berkley Taylor III was indicted for grand larceny on or about January 14, 2020, 39-year-old Charncey Lamont Thomas was indicted for aggravated malicious wounding, strangulation on or about June 25, 2020, 35-year-old Timothy William Turner was indicted for possession of methamphetamine on or about August 17, 2020, 40-year-old Jorge Luis Gomez-Vega was indicted for giving a false statement to firearm dealer, attempt to possess firearm by illegal alien on or about July 9, 2019, 37-year-old Robert Glenn Wagoner Jr. was indicted for eluding police, malicious wounding on or about October 6, 2020, 33-year-old Nakita Darchell Waller was indicted for felony failure to appear on or about October 20, 2020, 34-year-old Mukunda Madhava Walters was indicted for shoplifting-$200 or more on or about March 26, 2018, 37-year-old Oryan Deon Wimbush was indicted for possess cocaine, possess methamphetamine on or about September 30, 2020, 51-year-old Joseph David Woods was indicted for indecent liberties with child by step-parent-victim younger than 15 years old, aggravated sexual battery-victim younger than 13 years old, carnal knowledge of child-victim 13-15 years old, indecent liberties with child by custodian, forcible sodomy-victim younger than 13 years old, object sexual penetration-victim younger than 13 years old between December 12, 2014, and December 11, 2018, 26-year-old Kati Lynn Yopp was indicted for two counts of felony failure to appear on or about August 14, 2020, 934 Memorial Blvd N, Martinsville, VA 24112.