VCSO cleaning up streets of DeLand: 4/18/19

A proactive drug buy/bust Volusia County Sheriff’s Office operation in the city of DeLand and surrounding area resulted in the arrests of a dozen people Thursday, with others arrested in the days leading up to the operation, and others still to be picked up on arrest warrants for sale and delivery of narcotics. Members of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office West Volusia Narcotics Task Force, along with members of the Deltona Narcotics Enforcement Team and West Volusia and East Side Crime Suppression Teams, worked with detectives to conduct undercover purchases of drugs in areas where open sale of narcotics has been a recurring issue. Those arrested as a result of Thursday’s operation were: Darious L. Gardner, 31 (DOB 9/1/1988) *first arrest video clip Sale and delivery of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a park Possession of cannabis with intent to sell Bobby J. Barber, 48 (DOB 8/13/1970) *second arrest video clip Sale and delivery of cocaine Anthony Q. Knight, 51 (DOB 3/13/1968) Sale and delivery of cocaine Charles Turner, 36 (DOB 9/30/1982) Sale and delivery of a schedule II substance Willie A. Smith, 53 (DOB 12/7/1965) Sale and delivery of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a park Possession of crack cocaine Possession of drug paraphernalia Kandi F. Bernsdorf, 48 (DOB 10/16/1970) Possession of cocaine Possession of drug paraphernalia Violation of probation re: possession of cocaine Angela M. Carlone, 40 (DOB 3/6/1979) Possession of Suboxone Possession of drug paraphernalia Driving while license suspended Olaodah A. Pryce, 33 (DOB 10/15/1985) Possession of hash oil Possession of cannabis under 20g Possession of drug paraphernalia Horace A. Bryan, 40 (DOB 03/01/1979) Possession of cannabis under 20g Patrick R. Rose, 33 (DOB 04/12/1986) Possession of cannabis under 20g A search warrant executed at Fearless International Motor Corp. at 636 S. Spring Garden Avenue resulted in the seizure of: 17 grams MDMA 1 gram hash oil 3 grams cannabis Raven Arms 25 Caliber semi-auto pistol Drug paraphernalia Those arrested during the operation on non-drug-related charges were: Richard K. Smith, 29 (DOB 1/14/1990) *third arrest video clip (Fled from an attempted traffic stop and exited his vehicle while it was still in drive, leaving it to cross S.R. 44 and crash into a power pole.) Fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement Driving while license suspended or revoked Resisting arrest without violence Christopher A. Pummill, 43 (DOB 9/10/1975) Driving while license suspended or revoked The prior narcotics investigations leading up to Thursday’s operation yielded charges against an additional 13 individuals for a variety of narcotics charges. Five of those are active arrest warrants for suspects still outstanding.