22 await arraignment on drug activity, weapons charges

According to Pemiscot County Sheriff Tommy Greenwell, at approximately 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, authorities began serving arrest warrants in Pemiscot County and Arkansas' Mississippi County.

The 22 suspects were arrested and incarcerated in the Pemiscot County Jail, where they are currently awaiting arraignment at 10 a.m. on March 2, at the Pemiscot County Circuit Court Division II.

Those arrested include:

* Kathleen M. Morgan, of Caruthersville, Mo., who is charged with distribution of a controlled substance;

* Jeffery J. Williams, of Caruthersville, who is charged with distribution of a controlled substance;

* Sam Jones, of Caruthersville, who is charged with distribution of a controlled substance and one count of trafficking drugs in the first degree;

* Lonnie Jackson, Jr., of Caruthersville, who is charged with possession of a controlled substance;

* Artreze Latreyell Foreman, of Caruthersville, who is charged with delivery of imitation controlled substance;

* Marcus Spates, of Steele, Mo., who is charged with distribution of a controlled substance;

* Freddie James Rodgers, of Caruthersville, who is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm;

* Martha Banks, of Caruthersville, who is charged with distribution of a controlled substance;

* Tommy Lee Brown, of Caruthersville, who is charged with two counts of trafficking drugs in the first degree and two counts of distribution of a controlled substance;

* Charlotte Terry, of Gosnell, Ark., who is charged with distribution of a controlled substance;

* Jerry William Reece, of Steele, who is charged with distribution of a controlled substance;

* Aaron Welch, of Caruthersville, who is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm;

* Clayton E. Barnes, of Hayti Heights, Mo., who is charged with trafficking drugs in the first degree;

* Joseph B. Bowens, of Caruthersville, who is charged with delivery of a controlled substance to a county jail;

* Henry Lee Jefferson, of Caruthersville, who is charged with three counts of distribution of a controlled substance;

* Charles Edward Jones, of Caruthersville, who is charged with possession of a controlled substance;

* Tawonda L. Landfair, of Hayti, Mo., who is charged with possession of a controlled substance;

* Cassie Renee Taylor, of Hayti, who is charged with delivery of an imitation controlled substance;

* Thomas D. Ward, of Wardell, Mo., who is charged with forgery;

* Jeffery Edwards, of Hayti, who is charged with a federal indictment firearms violation;

* Charles L. Hollywood, of Caruthersville, who is charged with a federal indictment firearms violation;

* Cornell Morris, of Blytheville, Ark., who is charge with federal indictment.

The U.S. Marshal's Service took all federal indictments before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Greenwell said the investigation will continue and more arrests are expected soon.

Agencies involved with the investigation include the Bootheel Drug Task Force, Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department, Caruthersville Police, Hayti Police, Steele Police, Mississippi County Arkansas Drug Task Force, Blytheville Police, Federal agencies, ATF, and the U.S. Marshal's Service.