Following a year and a half of undercover investigation, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (SJCSO) has announced 23 arrests and the seizure of nearly 330 grams of fentanyl in connection with Operation Poison Control.
According to a March 31 press release posted on SJCSO’s official Facebook page, the total amount of fentanyl seized was 326.18 grams, enough to potentially cause 162,840 fatal overdoses.
The Operation identified multiple large-scale drug suppliers and broke up their distribution network in St. Johns County, leading to the arrest of 23 drug-trafficking suspects.
Their names and subsequent charges are as follows:
- Bradley Langley
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- Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl, 4 to 14 grams
- Christina Taylor
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- Sale of Fentanyl
- Sale of Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a School
- David Pope
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- Trafficking in Fentanyl, 4 to 14 grams (2 counts)
- Christy Hall
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- Sale of Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a Church
- Christopher Miles
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- Sale of Fentanyl (2 counts)
- Sale of Methamphetamine
- Matthew Pasquale
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- Pessession of Fentanyl (Trafficking amounts located)
- Lisa Wilson
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- Sale of Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a School
- Septimus Connor
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- Trafficking in Fentanyl, 4 to 14 grams
- Lavale McLeod
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- Sale of Fentanyl (2 counts)
- Katena Tuthill
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- Sale of Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a Church
- James Hamlin II
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- Sale of Fentanyl
- Lawrence Milligan
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- Sale of Fentanyl
- Matthew Tanner
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- Trafficking in Fentanyl over 28 grams
- Possession of a Place for Trafficking a Controlled Substance
- Melissa Greene
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- Sale of Fentanyl
- Corey Williams
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- Sale of Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a Church
- Sale of Methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a Church
- Vanessa Robideaux
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- Sale of Fentanyl (2 counts)
- Posession of Fentanyl (Trafficking amounts located)
- Ashley McCormick
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- Sale of Fentanyl (2 counts)
- Harley Waardenburg
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- Sale of Fentanyl
- Michael Mullins
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- Traffcking in Fentantyl, 4 to 14 grams
- Posession of a Place for Trafficking in a Controlled Substance
- Lavoy Bennett
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- Trafficking in Fentanyl, 14 to 28 grams (2 counts)
- Trafficking Fentanyl 4 to 14 grams (2 counts)
- Posession of a Place for Trafficking a Controlled Substance
- Manslaughter
- Kimberly Curcio
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- Sale of Fentanyl
According to SJCSO, Operation Poison Control was made possible by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Tri-County Narcotics Task Force and the State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (SAFE) program, which provides funds and reimbursements to law enforcement agencies conducting fentanyl-related operations to combat the deadly drug’s distribution in local communities.
Those arrested in connection with Operation Poison Control were prosecuted by the State Attorney for Florida’s 7th Circuit and the Office of Statewide Prosecution.
