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Jay King, Hometown News Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj. Dan Johnson said roughly a dozen officers spread out through the northern portion of the county to serve arrest warrants on 27 suspects connected with the crack cocaine and methamphetamine trade.
Johnson said the investigation focused on the Chesnee, Duncan, Greer, Campobello, Landrum and Una communities and resulted in 16 arrests. Deputies continue to search for the other 11 suspects as part of the investigation’s follow-up.
Those arrested were:
• Willie Lee Anderson, 63, 435 Mountain View Road, Landrum –
Distribution of crack;
• Thomas Lewis Cromer, 62, 110 Saddle Ridge Drive –
Distribution of crack;
• Iesha Cromer, 25,180 Burgess Loop Road, Campobello –
Distribution of crack;
• Renata Nocole Everett,19, 404 Bailey Road, Greer –
Distribution of crack;
• Charles Terrell Foster, 27, 124 Hilly Hill Road, Duncan –
2 counts of distribution of crack;
• Timothy Jerod Gage, 28, 991 Meadow Farm Road, Spartanburg –
Distribution of crack;
• Demetrius Hamm, 40, 7218 Short Street, Spartanburg –
Distribution of crack;
• Christopher Thurman Kress, 36,1689 Hayne Street, Spartanburg – Distribution of crack;
• Darrell Lee Means, 26, 245 High Street, Spartanburg –
Distribution of crack;
• Nellie Ray Letman, 46, 116 Williams Street, Spartanburg –
2 counts distribution of crack;
• John Martin, 27, 713 West Cherokee Street, Chesnee –
Distribution of methamphetamine;
• Joanne Mangrum, 55, 178 Rosetta Court, Una –
Distribution of crack;
• Kenneth Ray Mattox, 57, 53 Saxon Heights, Spartanburg –
2 counts of distribution of Lortab;
• James Anthony Praytor, 36, 568 Quail Creek Road –
Possession of methamphetamine;
• Michael David Wright, 38, 118 West Pine Street, Duncan –
2 counts of distribution of crack;
• Willie Lee Downs, 58, 102 Hilly Hill Road, Duncan –
Distribution of crack.
Those arrested were brought to a temporary command center in the gym of Evangel Cathedral in Spartanburg. The suspects were taken there, usually in groups of two or three, and that is where deputies completed the necessary paperwork before transporting them to the Spartanburg County Detention Facility.
Narcotics unit Sgt. Joe Pharis said leads in the case were derived from
both complaints by people in those communities and from information
developed by police informants.
“A lot of this came from community complaints,” Pharis said. “When we
got a complaint, we investigated and then determined if there was
enough activity to send in officers.”
He added that the warrants for the suspects who remain at large have now been turned over to the department’s Warrants Office.
jking@hometown-news.com
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