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St. Pete Beach Drug Crackdown Yields 13 Arrests

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By STEPHEN THOMPSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 24, 2008

ST. PETE BEACH - Authorities today announced the results of an investigation targeting drug dealers living in or operating from St. Pete Beach.

Thirteen of 23 suspected drug dealers – one of whom is 61 years old – have been arrested, said Dean Horianopoulos, deputy chief of the St. Pete Beach Police Department.

Investigators from St. Pete Beach worked with investigators from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office as part of Operation Crackdown, Horianopoulos says in a written statement.

The operation lasted a couple of months. Authorities used confidential informants and undercover detectives and used tips provided by residents, Horianopoulos said. Drugs were available in homes, bars and hotels, he said.

Arrested thus far, and the charges they face, are:

•Daniel Albright, 22, sale and possession of cocaine;

•Daniel Brun, 61, two counts of sale and possession of cocaine;

•Coley Craft, 37, sale and possession of crack cocaine;

•Marissa Duffy, 43, sale and possession of naproxen;

•Joseph Hall, 47, two counts of sale and possession of crack cocaine;

•Lisa Jackson, 27, sale of trazodone and dispensing drugs without a license;

•Sean Jenkins, 43, two counts of sale and possession of cocaine;

•Jason Kane, 37, sale and possession of Xanax and lorazepam;

•Randall Racoki, 48, sale and possession of crack cocaine;

•Volrey Reasoner, 54, two counts of sale and possession of crack cocaine;

•April Tucker, 39, two counts of sale and possession of marijuana and one count of trafficking in hydrocodone;

•Shannon Webb, 37, two counts of sale and possession of cocaine;

•And Debbie Wilhelm, 48, two counts of sale and possession of marijuana, one count of sale and possession of crack cocaine.

Reporter Stephen Thompson can be reached at (727) 451-2336 or spthompson@tampatrib.com.

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