The Grundy County Sheriff's Office and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation rounded up 18 people this week in a roundup dubbed "Operation Camelstraw."
Sheriff Clint Shrum said in a statement that the arrests stem from 24 indictments issued by the March session of the Grundy County grand jury. Ten of the 18 people arrested were picked up on Tuesday, Shrum said. The sheriff said the roundup was "named for the idiom, 'the straw that broke the camel's back," and was the result of more than a year of investigation.
"This has been a very intensive and in-depth operation," Shrum said in the statement. Defendants charged in the roundup are scheduled to appear in court March 15.
Those arrested include:
Richard Anderson (41) - four counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia - Gruelti-Laager
David Campbell (35) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Altamont
Laurie Dent (31) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Gruelti-Laager
Stephanie Meeks (41) - manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Viola
Carol Castleberry (38) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs, two counts of possession of schedule II drugs - Monteagle
Daniel Deslinger (33) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs, two counts possession of schedule II drugs - Altamont
Tommy James (52) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs, possession of schedule II drugs - Gruetli-Laager
Jimmy White (39) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Gruetli-Laager
Elizabeth Smith (23) - four counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Gruetli-Laager
Brenda Borne (55) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Gruetli-Laager
Donna Shadrick (47) - three counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Gruetli-Laager; simple possession - Sequatchie County
Stefan Payne (24) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Beersheba Springs
Cody Forsyth (26) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs, possession of schedule II drugs - Beersheba Springs
Brandy Brown (30) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs, possession of schedule II drugs - Beersheba Springs
Scotty Green (46) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Whitwell
Saberina Little (41) - four counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - Coalmont
Kevin Seth Killian (28) - manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia - no city of residence listed
Donald Lee Campbell (39) - two counts manufacture, sale and delivery of schedule II drugs - no city of residence listed