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Cherokee Multi Agency Narcotics Squad

Friday, March 1, 2013

Holly Springs Woman Busted in Cherokee Prescription Drug Forgery Ring

A Holly Springs woman was among 13 people arrested in the alleged ring agents had been investigating for five months.

Thirteen Cherokee County residents, including one from Holly Springs and a Canton nurse practitioner, have been arrested and charged in connection to an alleged prescription drug forgery ring that's been under investigation for five months. The Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad, or C-MANS, announced the arrests on Friday afternoon, which were made possible after an investigation that spanned across north Georgia and resulted in charging the suspects with a total of 74 felonies. Arrested were:  Shoemaker also being investigated by the Georgia Secretary of State's office and has had her nursing license revoked, C-MANS said on Friday. Agents were tipped off when prescriptions passed through Cherokee, which were later determined to be …

Rhonda Mims

3:32 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Remember people are INNOCENT until proven guilty.   more ›

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Cherokee's New Concern: Heroin

For the first time, the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad arrested and charged two men with trafficking in heroin.

In recent years, authorities have ramped up efforts to tackle prescription drug abuse in Georgia. But local officials said suburbs like Cherokee have a new problem on their hands. It's heroin, a drug "previously known as an urban drug," said Lt. Jay Baker, spokesman for the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. Today, Baker announced a first. Agents with the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad on Tuesday arrested and charged two men with trafficking in heroin in Holly Springs. Richard Chad Edwards, 31, of Woodstock, was charged with two counts of sale of heroin, trafficking heroin, possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine. Brandon Lamar Ray, 22, of Acworth, was charged with trafficking heroin, possession of marijuana, possession of …

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KIM BENNETT

12:14 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012

I CAN SAY BRANDON RAY IS A GOOD BOY.. THAT GUY WHO IS IN THE ARREST WITH HIM GO HIM ADDICTED..   more ›

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