21 arrested in drug operation

LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that 21 people were arrested as the result of a year-long drug investigation in the county.

The mass drug offender operation, dubbed Operation New Year, turned out 38 arrest warrants resulting in the arrest of 21 drug offenders on numerous felony and misdemeanor drug charges. The sheriff’s office says they expect more arrests to come.

Operation New Year was a joint operation between the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office and the 16th Judicial District. Agents with the Arkansas State Police, 20th Judicial District Task Force, Quitman Police Department, Pangburn Police Department, Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Heber Springs Police Department, and the Izard County Sheiff’s Office assisted in the sweep.

List of arrests:

Bobby Summers
32yo, Pangburn, Possession of more than 9g of pseudoephedrine, $5,000 bond

Braden Liles
25yo, Heber Springs, Delivery of methamphetamine, $15,000 bond

Bradley Shane Colins
27yo, Heber Springs, Simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, convicted felon in possession of a firearm, $50,000 bond

Carla Ivey
48yo, Heber Springs, Possession of more than 9g of pseudoephedrine, $5,000 bond

Christopher Taylor
26yo, Heber Springs, Possession of more than 9g of pseudoephedrine, $5,000 bond

Dewayne Acree
49yo, Heber Springs, Delivery of methamphetamine, delivery of marijuana, $35,000 bond

Jack King
57yo, Heber Springs, Delivery of marijuana, $5,000 bond

Jerry Haggins
37yo, England, Delivery of Marijuana, Revocation of probation, no bond

Joey Thomas
30yo, Heber Springs, Delivery of a controlled substance (klonopin), $15,000 bond

Kelly Zimmerlee
36yo, Concord, Unlawfully purchasing more than 9g of pseudoephedrine, $5,000 bond

Mary Louise Thomas
29yo, Heber Springs, Delivery of a controlled substance, $15,000 bond

Michael Bommarito
28yo, Drasco, Unlawfully purchasing more thant 9g of pseudoephedrine, $5,000 bond

Michael Sutherland
21yo, Enola, Simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, delivery of marijuana, $50,000 bond

Pamela Davis
46yo, Mount Vernon, possession of more than nine grams of pseudoephedrine, $1,000 bond

Raymond Hill
30yo, Quitman, Possession of methamphetamine with purpose to deliver, possession with the purpose to use drug paraphernalia, driving while intoxicated, driving while license suspended, $5,000 bond

Shane Leech
26yo, Mount Vernon, Delivery of methamphetamine, delivery of a controlled substance near a school, $25,000 bond

Teddy Joe Ballard
21yo, Quitman, Simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, delivery of marijuana, $50,000 bond

Timothy Stuart
21yo, Heber Springs, Two counts of delivery of a schedule 1 controlled substance (bath salts), $100,000 bond

William David Truitt
33yo, Wooster, Four counts of delivery of methamphetamine, four counts of distribution of controlled substances near a school, $100,000 bond

William Doss
36yo, Heber Springs, Failure to appear on delivery of a controlled substance, $50,000 cash only bond

William Whitaker
37yo, Quitman, Possession of more than 9g of pseudoephedrine, $5,000 bond