BENTON, AR (News release) – Every month this year the Benton Police Department will have a different initiative that we will call attention to in relation to a public safety issue. 

The month of April was ‘Anti-Drug April’, where we focused on different enforcement and education activities to raise awareness about the damage drugs can cause in our community.
 
During April, we also focused strongly on efforts to serve outstanding warrants on those with felony drug charges. We took additional enforcement efforts against those who deal and traffic illegal narcotics in our community, and who are all too often the root cause of violent crimes that we deal with day in and day out.   

Officers ended up making 16 felony drug related arrests during April that resulted in $456,767 of street value seized narcotics.  

The suspects apprehended are listed below with charges: 
  • Bradford Higgins, 63 – Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Controlled Substance
  • Shanee Campbell, 30 – Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Trafficking Cocaine, Use of Another’s Property to Facilitate a Crime
  • Alvin Murdock, 31 – Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Trafficking Cocaine, Tampering with Evidence, Fleeing by Vehicle, Use of Another’s Property to Facilitate a Crime, Reckless Driving
  • Daniel Simmons, 26 – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Jamonda Smith, 34 – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Criminal Use of a Prohibited Weapon
  • Michael Kelton, 42 – Possession of Controlled Substance 
  • Christopher Mosby, 24 – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Keith Hawthorn, 18 – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Simultaneous Possession of Drugs and a Firearm, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Thomas Caffrey, 41 – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver
  • Brandon Washington, 29 – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver
  • Gregory Rice, 36 – Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Maylea Richmond, 23 – Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Jonathan Owens, 28 – Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Kevin Thornberry, 36 – Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
  • Fredrick Rodriguez, 46 – 2 Counts Delivery of Meth within 1000’ of School, Felon in Possession of Firearm
  • Stony Salazar, 35 – 2 Counts Delivery of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia