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Law enforcement operation nets 13 suspects, 35 charges

By WSOCTV.com News Staff
Gaston County Police Department
By WSOCTV.com News Staff

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Gaston County law enforcement officers arrested 13 suspects and filed 35 charges during a joint enforcement initiative on Oct. 1.

The operation targeted repeat offenders, violent offenders and individuals under probation supervision across Gaston County.

Operation Safe Streets was conducted jointly by the Gaston County Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension and Suspect Tracking (FAST) Team and the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction’s Probation and Parole Division.

The coordinated effort focused on identifying gang activity, locating illegal firearms and narcotics and apprehending wanted fugitives, the Gaston County Police Department said.

Among the 35 charges filed were narcotics trafficking, felony drug offenses, felony probation violations and domestic violence-related offenses.

During the joint initiative, officers also recovered a stolen vehicle and apprehended a fugitive who was wanted out of South Carolina, Gaston County PD said.

Arrests and charges;

Angela Lingerfelt Juarez

  • Trafficking methamphetamine, 3 counts
  • Felony possession of fentanyl
  • Felony possession of methamphetamine
  • PWIMSD Schedule II, 2 counts
  • PWIMSD heroin
  • Maintaining a vehicle/dwelling for a controlled substance

Vincent Randall Taylor

  • Felony probation violation

Bobby Lee Estep

  • Trafficking methamphetamine, 3 counts
  • PWIMSD Schedule II, 2 counts
  • PWIMSD heroin
  • Maintaining a vehicle/dwelling for a controlled substance

Mandy Nicole McCurry

  • South Carolina parole violation
  • Possession of methamphetamine

James Patrick Bradley

  • Larceny of a motor vehicle

Miranda Nicole Vaughn

  • Parole violation

Crystal Star Anderson

  • Felony probation violation
  • Failure to appear, felony probation violation

Brandi Leigh Erwin

  • Possession of methamphetamine

Timothy Wayne Smith

  • PWIMSD methamphetamine
  • PWIMSD fentanyl
  • Maintaining a vehicle/dwelling for a controlled substance
  • Possession of drug paraphernalia

Caprice Nicole Smith

  • Possession of methamphetamine
  • Possession of marijuana
  • Possession of drug paraphernalia

Christopher Wayne Beal

  • Misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, 2 counts

Joshua Matthew Lineberger

  • Order for arrest, family offense

Tammy Elaine Norris

  • Felony possession of cocaine

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