ARRESTED FIVE LOCAL MEN ON
DRUG CHARGES. OFFICIALS SEIZED
OVER 20 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA
AND A SIZEABLE AMOUNT OF
COCAINE. INVESTIGATORS SAY ONE
OF THE MEN HAS BEEN ON THEIR
RADAR FOR YEARS. NEWS 13'S
EMILY MCLEOD SPOKE WITH
OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS ABOUT
THE DRUG BUST AND LEARNED
WHAT'S NEXT IN THE
INVESTIGATION. JACKSON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARRESTED
DARRYL HAYES...ROY
PORTER...ASHLEY SMITH...MARCUS
DAUGHTRY AND ERIK GAMMONS AT A
HOME ON MOUNT TABOR ROAD ON
TUESDAY. Hailey McDonald,
Resident "Honestly I'm not
that surprised I'm just
surprised they actually busted
it honestly. I'm not surprised
that it's in Marianna though."
INVESTIGATOR RONNIE FURNISS
SAYS GAMMONS IS A WELL-KNOWN
DRUG DEALER IN THE AREA AND
SAYS THE INVESTIGATION STARTED
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN
RESIDENTS CALLED WITH
INFORMATION ON THEIR CRIME
STOPPER TIP LINE. "We're not
so naive to believe that this
was all of Gammons' drugs. We
believe that he's got other
houses in other locations
throughout the county and
possibly in some other
counties where he may be
storing his drugs and or
money. Those individuals will
have their day of reckoning as
well." Emily McLeod,
@EmilyCMcLeodTV "Jackson
County Sheriff's office
officials believe that this
investigation is not over and
that Gammons' drug trafficking
operation was part of
something bigger." "Well
essentially Gammons likes to
associate himself with a
multitude of other large
quantity dealers in the area
and some of those dealers have
been identified and we're
continuing to look into them
as part of the investigation."
FURNISS SAYS ADDITIONAL
CHARGES ARE BEING FILED
AGAINST GAMMONS BUT HE BONDED
OUT BEFORE DEPUTIES COULD
FINISH THE PAPERWORK. GAMMONS'
BOND WAS SET AT ONE- HUNDRED
AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, EMILY
MCLEOD, NEWS 13, PANHANDLE
STRONG.
AS THE PANHANDLE RECOVERS FROM
HURRICANE MICHAEL -- OTHER
AREAS OF THE GULF COAST ARE
NOW DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH
OF HURRICANE LAURA. THE STORM
LEAVING MANY IN LOUISIANA
WITHOUT POWER -INCLUDING
