11 suspects out on bond less than a week after Mobile Police’s latest drug operation
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Six days after the Mobile Police Department concluded their latest narcotics operation, 11 of the 22 suspects arrested are out on bond.
Operation Cleaning the Corridor took three months to complete. While six suspects were targets in the operation, MPD’s Narcotics and Vice Unit arrested 22 people in the Highway 90 Corridor.
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“They’ll be right back out here this weekend probably,” Clyde Rich, who lives along Highway 90, said. “How many of them are from this neighborhood? Probably none.”
While most of the arrests were on drug-related charges, two of them were on prostitution charges.
“We see the girls walking, and then we see their pimps driving along behind them,” Rich said. “People actually go crazy with whatever it is they’re taking.”
Capt. Mathew James, Captain of MPD’s 2nd Precinct, said his team often gets into the cycle of arresting the same people over and over. Some suspects, according to James, are often out on bond for other charges when they find themselves on the wrong side of the law again.
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“Jails can only hold so many people,” James said. “I wish we could see higher bonds in a lot of cases. A lot more than we do.”
After multiple complaints from surrounding neighborhoods, the narcotics unit shifted its attention to the Beverly Motel and the Bama Motel on Highway 90. James said it’s not unusual to respond to these motels as he said the blighted properties often attract bad actors.
“It behooves those owners and managers to take initiatives to curb that problem,” James said.
If motel owners and managers don’t take action on their own, James said police are forced to act.
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However, local government leaders have a few tricks up their sleeves to shut down criminal activities at these businesses.
“These low-cost motels are sort of a problem in the area,” District 4 Councilman Ben Reynolds said.
The operation happened in Reynolds’ district.
Reynolds said the city council has the authority to revoke a business license or declare the structure a public nuisance if it meets certain criteria.
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“All those things are on the table,” Reynolds said. “If we’re going to clean up this area, I think it starts with getting these bad actors out of the area.”
WKRG made contact with the Bama Motel.
While a Bama Motel employee said she was shocked those police raided the property on Wednesday, she said she’s glad police could get suspected drug dealers off the property.
WKRG attempted to reach the Beverly Motel several times but has not received an answer.
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Suspects out on bond:
Freddie Lavon Caver — 44 years old of Mobile
Possession of a controlled substance
Possession of marijuana
Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance
Algelecia Vantrika Johnson — 28 years old of Mobile
Possession of marijuana
No driver’s license (warrant)
Obstructed windshield (warrant)
No child restraint (warrant)
No insurance (warrant)
Edward Joseph Montgomery — 62 years old of Semmes
Unlawful possession of a controlled substance
Illegal possession of prescription drugs
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Unlawful possession of marijuana
Unlawful possession of controlled substance (warrant)
Possession of drug paraphernalia (warrant)
Christi Anne Cosentino — 38 years old of Mobile
Illegal possession of prescription drugs
Improper lights (warrant)
Latonya Franchesca Powe — 51 years old of Mobile
Expired tag (warrant)
No insurance (warrant)
Corey Rashun Alexander — 34 years old of Mobile
Trafficking fentanyl
Possession of marijuana
Certain persons forbidden to possess a pistol
Use/possession of drug paraphernalia
Rhonda Susan Howard — 49 years old of Theodore
Possession of a controlled substance
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Illegal possession of prescription drugs
Tamala Marie Frye — 56 years old of Mobile
Possession of a controlled substance
No insurance (warrant)
William Michael Elmore — 56 years old of Mobile
Possession of a controlled substance
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Frank Lee Jr. — 59 years old of Mobile
Use/possession of drug paraphernalia
Mackenzie Mallette — 23 years old of Mobile
Possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute
Unlawful possession of marijuana
Failure to register vehicle (warrant)
Suspects still in Metro Jail:
Brenda Kay McDonald — 56 years old (homeless)
Distribution of a controlled substance
Obstructing justice using a false identity
Probation revocation (warrant)
Tyrance Loinnell Reese — 34 years old of Mobile
Possession of a controlled substance
Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance
Brice Keyth Williams — 59 years old of Theodore
Attempt to distribute drugs (warrant)
Possession of marijuana (warrant)
Resisting arrest (warrant)
Attempt to elude (warrant)
Criminal mischief (warrant)
Possession of a controlled substance
Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance
Julius Ceasar Hudson — 49 years old (homeless)
Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance
Possession of drug paraphernalia
No seatbelt (warrant)
Cameron Ward Howell — 41 years old of Grand Bay
Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance
Trafficking illegal drugs – methamphetamine
Trafficking illegal drugs – fentanyl
Unlawful possession of marijuana
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Corrie Kentay McGee Jr. — 28 years old of Mobile
Certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm
Possession of marijuana
Two probation violations (one felony and one misdemeanor)
Amy Patricia Hammett — 59 years old of Mobile
Illegal possession of prescription drugs
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Michelle Lorraine Griffin — 47 years old of Theodore
Prostitution
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Amanda Lynn Herring — 42 years old of Mobile
Prostitution
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Probation revocation
Possession of a controlled substance
Alex Neal — 30 years old of Mobile
Trafficking fentanyl
Possession of marijuana
Carolyn Barker — 33 years old of Mobile
Possession of a controlled substance
Illegal possession of prescription drugs
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