Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, June 19, 1993 TAG: 9306190226
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
A special grand jury convened Friday morning to consider the charges, and returned 26 indictments against 14 people.
Claude Gallimore, an assistant special agent with the Wytheville division of state police, said some of the complaints were phoned into a state drug-tip hot line.
"Operation Hard Rock," targeted both major and street-level crack cocaine dealers in Pulaski County and the towns of Pulaski and Dublin.
Most sellers gravitated to the downtown streets of Pulaski, Sheriff Ralph Dobbins said.
The task force is composed of members the county Sheriff's Office, the Pulaski and Dublin police departments, state police and ABC agents.
Dobbins said the buys centered on rock cocaine, and it was the largest amount of crack ever confiscated in Pulaski County. The number of rocks was not immediately available.
Authorities charged that Elliott Thomas Webb Jr., of the 700 block of Maple Street, Pulaski, was the "kingpin" of the drug trade they infiltrated.
He faces one indictment charging him with distribution of cocaine on March 23.
Others indicted by the grand jury Friday and the charges against them were:
Mark Anthony Fountain, 400 block of Spring Street, Pulaski, possession and distribution of cocaine on Dec. 11, 1992.
Vernon Lee Garner, 23, 500 block of Highland Terrace, Pulaski, distribution of cocaine on Dec. 4, 1992.
Anthony Jerome Goins, 500 block of McDowell Avenue, Roanoke, distribution of cocaine on Feb. 4.
Adrian Neil Harvey, 2100 block of Meadowbrook Road, Roanoke, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana on Dec. 16, 1992.
Brian Fitzgerald Kyle, 26, 1000 block of Jackson Avenue, Pulaski, four counts of distributing cocaine in January and February.
Brenda Leigh Mattox, 24, 800 block of Highland Terrace, Pulaski, six counts of distributing cocaine from December to February.
Connie Diane Webb, 900 block of Jackson Avenue, Pulaski, possession of cocaine on Dec. 11, 1992.
Michael Anthony Webb, 900 block of Jackson Avenue, Pulaski, two counts of distributing cocaine in January.
Michael Lynn Willis, 1600 block of Salem Avenue, Roanoke, two counts of distributing cocaine in February.
Georgette Smith, 700 block of Jackson Avenue, Pulaski, one count of possession of cocaine on Feb. 5.
Edward Kelly Carter, 45, 100 block of Meadowview, Pulaski, one count of possession of cocaine on Feb. 19.
John Patrick Boysaw, 29, 700 block of Maple Street, one count of distributing marijuana on May 17.
Richard Walter Redd, 800 block of Fourth Street, Pulaski, one charge of petty larceny on Jan. 28.
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