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Detectives seize drugs, make arrest in Edneyville

By Bill Moss, Published: December 30, 2016

EDNEYVILLE — Detectives with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office seized 22 ounces of marijuana, 10.5 grams of cocaine, 60 Percocet tablets, 19 doses of 10mg Oxycodone, cash, a rifle and four handguns, including one with an altered serial number, when they executed a search warrant at a Gilliam Mountain Road home on Thursday.

Detectives arrested Lashonda Lorraine Clayton, 30, of 1178 Gilliam Mountain Road, on the following eleven charges: Trafficking Opiates, Conspiracy to Traffic Opiates, PWISD Marijuana, Conspire to sell/deliver Marijuana, PWISD Cocaine, Conspire to sell/deliver Cocaine, PWISD Sch II (Opiates), Conspire to sell Sch II (Opiates), Maintaining a Dwelling for Controlled Substance, Alter/Remove Gun Serial Number and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She is currently being held in the Henderson County jail under a $50,500 secured bond.

Detectives are attempting to locate Mackell Charvarius Williams, 29, also of Gilliam Mountain Road on similar charges. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Mackell Williams is asked to contact the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office at (828) 697-4911.