Drugs Busted in the Long Shadow of a Beaufort County School | Eastern North Carolina Now

News Release:

    On 3-8-2019, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Michael Booth, 36 years of age, of 1272 Westridge Court Apartment 8 in Greenville and Giles Keyes, 54 years of age, of 606 Bonner Street in Washington. Booth was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Cocaine within 1000 feet of John Cotton Tayloe Elementary School and 2 counts of Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana within 1000 feet of John Cotton Tayloe Elementary School. Keyes was charged with 2 counts of Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana within 1000 feet of John Cotton Tayloe Elementary School.

    On 03-14-2018, Investigators arrested Jermaine Moore, 36 years of age, of 810 W. 8th Street in Washington. Moore was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Cocaine within 1000 feet of John Cotton Tayloe Elementary School and Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana within 1000 feet of John Cotton Tayloe Elementary School.

    Their arrest stemmed from Investigators making controlled purchases of cocaine and marijuana from Booth, Keyes and Moore at Booth's Car Wash. Investigators executed a Search Warrant at Booth's Car Wash and found approximately 125 grams of marijuana, packaging material used to package marijuana and a digital scale.



    Booth was confined in the Beaufort County Detention Center under a $30,000.00 secured bond. Keyes was confined in the Beaufort County Detention Center under a $7,500.00 secured bond. Moore was confined in the Beaufort County Detention Center under a $40,000.00 secured bond.

    Contact: Lieutenant Russell Davenport

     Beaufort County Sheriff's Office

      210 N Market Street
      Washington NC 27889

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