2-17-16
(This story was updated with Arrest List and Raid Locations)
(Toccoa)- Two hundred (200) Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement Officers are currently in the process of serving 20 search warrants and 27 arrest warrants for members and suppliers of Horace Mayfield’s drug trafficking organization.
Wednesday afternoon, Information provided by Mitchell Posey, Special Agent In Charge of Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement office in an email said, over the course of ten months, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO), with the cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s office, brought down a multifaceted drug trafficking network with tentacles reaching south into Atlanta and north into South Carolina.
Multiple criminal charges will be brought against these persons under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute. Mayfield and his drug trafficking organization have been operating in Stephens County and surrounding communities for many years.
Over the course of this investigation, the Mayfield Drug Trafficking Organization can be attributed to 72 kilograms of cocaine, 15 kilograms of methamphetamine and 50 pounds of marijuana with a total street value of 9.5 million dollars.
This particular investigation is an example of the value of interagency cooperation. Because of the strong, existing relationships between the participating agencies, agents were able to share intelligence and coordinate the dismantling of a complex drug trafficking organization.
Those agencies involved include ARDEO consisting of the following Sheriff’s Offices: White County, Lumpkin County, Towns County, Banks County, Habersham County, Stephens County, and Rabun County, along with the Cleveland Police Department, the Georgia National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, the Department of Public Safety, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, North Georgia Major Offenders Task Force (NGMOTF), a FBI led Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF) consisting of the Cherokee County SO, GBI, Hall County SO, and Forsyth County SO, Conasagua Safe Streets Task Force (CSSTF), a FBI led SSTF consisting of the Calhoun PD, Chatsworth PD, Dalton PD, and Murray County SO, Northwest Georgia Criminal Enterprise Task Force (NWGCETF), a FBI led SSTF, Gwinnett County Police Narcotics Unit, Northeast Georgia Regional DTF, the Oconee County South Carolina Sheriff’s Office Narcotic Unit, and the Anderson South Carolina Sheriff’s Office.
Although numerous arrests have been made and evidence seized, the investigation continues and additional arrests are expected.
Mitchell Posey, Special Agent In Charge of Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office released the following list:
24 Suspects were arrested
Rashad Beasley (41), 27 Maple Street Lavonia, GA
Sherry Evans (39), 820 Mount Olivet Road, Hartwell, GA
Henry Harris (61), 146 Sitton Mill Road, Seneca, SC
Malissa Holden (43), 313 Zion Hill Road, Seneca, SC
Nate Howard (30), 1995 Carithers Way Marietta, GA
Avero Howard (38), 317 Skyview Lane, Toccoa, GA
Joy Hunter (32), 413 Butler Street, Westminster, SC
Stephens Ivester (38), 1971 Wolfpit Road, Eastonallee, GA
Quincy Jones (33), 118 Poplar Trail, Toccoa, GA
Jack Mark (63), 106 Oak Ridge Circle, Seneca, SC
Horace Mayfield III (31), 714 Baskins Circle, Winder GA
Deltorious McClendon (27), 170 Hanover Place Apt. 4, Athens, GA
Gustavo Melendez (38), 1531 Druid Valley Drive Apt. B, Atlanta, GA
Brittany Prather (23), 130 Persimmon Street, Toccoa, GA
Megan Sanders (28), 111 Cabin Lake Court Athens, GA
Audreona Scott (24), 714 Baskins Circle, Winder, GA
Bobby J. Smith (30), 195 Forest Brook Drive, Eastanollee, GA
Leonardo Steeple (38), 196 Tabitha Page Lane, Toccoa, GA
Mario Stowers (36), 1725 Presidents Street Apt. A, Westminster, SC
Marvin Teasley (38), 269 Country Club Drive, Toccoa, GA
Dwayanego Poole (38), 310 Pine Street, Seneca, SC
Chanin Mayfield (26), 317 Skyview Lane, Toccoa, GA
Carlos Torres, 26, 317 Ard Place, Atlanta, GA
Wilfredo Otero, 24, 317 Ard Place, Atlanta, GA
SEARCH WARRANT ADDRESSES:
111 Cabin Lake Court, Athens, GA
118 Poplar Trail, Toccoa, GA
12 Shadowood Drive, Lawrenceville, GA
1444 Scott Road, Eastanollee, GA
1531 Druid Valley Drive Apt. B, Atlanta, GA
1725 Presidents Street Apt. A, Westminster, SC
196 Tabitha Paige Lane, Toccoa, GA
1971 Wolfpit Road, Eastanollee, GA
1995 Carithers Way, Marietta, GA
317 Skyview Lane, Toccoa, GA
376 Vinings Vintage Circle, Mabelton, GA
469 Oak Valley Road (Haddick Storage Building), Toccoa, GA
47 Keslate Drive, Toccoa, GA
5863 Mize Road , Toccoa, GA
7124 Dicks Hill Parkway, Mount Airy, GA
714 Baskins Circle, Winder, GA
729 Defoor Road, Toccoa, GA
313 Zion Hill Road, Seneca, SC
243A Popular Spring Road, Walhalla, SC
1457 South Walnut Street, Seneca, SC
1140 Kilpatrick Road, Seneca, SC
317 Ard Place, Atlanta, GA
So who murdered tomas tho? Or Beatrice? Or are drugs all that matters?
It’s nice to see that something is being done
I feel like there is way too much attention and focus on who is dealing drugs, who is buying drugs, who is on drugs….smh but we have have two young men that have lost their lives in this messed up town Toccoa Ga., and not once have i gotten on Fb and seen one damn story about what happend to them not from the police anyway…this is very sad and disturbing at the same time frfr. i do belive Stephens Co.Law Enforcement Needs to rethink what the hell they are putting their focus on and find out whom is responsible for these murders in Toccoa Ga. Frfr!!!!!
Who was murdered??