Family arrested, accused of selling heroin from home

BELMONT, N.C. — A mother, father and their two kids were arrested and charged with selling heroin out of their home.
 
Police said they were dealing heroin in the neighborhood, and a big concern for police is that within a thousand feet are Stuart Crammer High School and Reid Park.
 
Friday afternoon, a judge refused to lower the bond Jill Hargett, Tim Hargett, and their children, Hayley and Samuel Hargett, who told the judge he is a drug addict.
      
Samuel told the judge, "My world just came crashing down."
  
People who live next door to the family's house, on Oakland Avenue, were thrilled to see police raid the house Thursday.
 
"I tried to tell them the law is coming. I called the law on them," said neighbor Dan McDonald.
 
Officers said the family made heroin and sold it in the community, even near Reid Park, where children come to play.
 
McDonald said people are often coming and going at the house across the street from him.
 
Neighbors with small children have found syringes in their yards. He hopes the raid brings it all to an swift end.

"The dope thing was just bad. I'm glad it's off of our block," McDonald said.
    
A relative of the suspects who also lives in the house that was raided said the same thing.
 
"It was inevitable that something bad was going to happen from this, but I'm glad it's over," said relative Robert Bartlett.
 
Bartlett said parents Jill and Tim Hargett fell on hard times and began selling drugs to pay the bills.
         
He said their son tried to stop them but instead began using and selling drugs with them.
 
He is hoping that the family members will be forced to attend some drug education and treatment program while they are in jail.
       
Police said they are still working to complete their investigation into this case.