New video of Cook County drug raids, FBI names 21 suspects
COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released new information on the 18 suspects that were arrested as part of drug ring raids across Cook County.
The raids began at 6 a.m. and involved over 100 members of different law enforcement agencies. The raids focused on Adel, Georgia as part of “a large drug trafficking network,” the FBI said in a statement.
The FBI says that all suspects arrested are charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
The suspect arrested include:
- Mitchell Brown, 37, Adel, GA
- Rosa Lee Simmons, 43, Adel, GA
- Christopher Martin, 53, Adel, GA
- Larkem Hayes, 35, Adel, GA
- Tyrone McCormick, 51, Adel, GA
- Willie Keeley, 50, Adel, GA
- Bobby Kaiser, 52, Adel, GA
- Willie Brown, 41, Adel, GA
- Carla McNorton, 54, Adel, GA
- Justin Thompson, 36, Adel, GA
- Calvin Smith, 55, Adel, GA
- Yardley Payne, 55, Adel, GA
- Lyric Linder, 27, Adel, GA
- Calvin Smith Jr, 34, Tifton, GA
- Harold Gray, 53, Adel, GA
- Vernando Henley, 42, Valdosta, GA
- Joe Smith, 54, Axson, GA
- Amjed Hajjaj, 41, Dinuba, CA
The following suspects are still wanted by the FBI in connection to the investigation: Maria Graham, of Adel, Eddie Harley of Riverview Florida and Charles Dunwoody of Hollywood, California.
An unnamed source confirmed to WALB that the suspects were taken to Albany to be processed as part of a federal investigation.
“Smaller agencies and even larger local agencies don’t have the resources that our federal partners like the FBI can bring to the table. This investigation led to suspects out in California too. It has an impact and the citizens can see that law enforcement is working to clean the neighborhoods up,” Lt. Todd Pitchford of the Hahira Police Department said.
If you have information on the remaining suspects, you are asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or go to tips.fbi.gov.
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